diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 9009bb618acd..63675696b3b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # injected by the pkgsStatic stdenv
     # <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/83667>
     rm -f $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
-  '' + lib.optionalString finalAttrs.separateDebugInfo ''
-    # HACK: remove broken symlink created by hook
-    rm $debug/lib/debug/s390-ccw.img
   '';
   preBuild = "cd build";