diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/fix-rc.apparmor.functions.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/fix-rc.apparmor.functions.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ebc1baaa92d4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/fix-rc.apparmor.functions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-aa_action() {
-  STRING=$1
-  shift
-  $*
-  rc=$?
-  if [ $rc -eq 0 ] ; then
-    aa_log_success_msg $"$STRING "
-  else
-    aa_log_failure_msg $"$STRING "
-  fi
-  return $rc
-}
-
-aa_log_success_msg() {
-   [ -n "$1" ] && echo -n $1
-   echo ": done."
-}
-
-aa_log_warning_msg() {
-   [ -n "$1" ] && echo -n $1
-   echo ": Warning."
-}
-
-aa_log_failure_msg() {
-   [ -n "$1" ] && echo -n $1
-   echo ": Failed."
-}
-
-aa_log_skipped_msg() {
-   [ -n "$1" ] && echo -n $1
-   echo ": Skipped."
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
index de39713f0c10..8844ca83b316 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
   # apparmor deps
   libapparmor,
-  apparmor-bin-utils,
   runtimeShellPackage,
 
   # testing
@@ -25,12 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
-
-    substituteInPlace init/rc.apparmor.functions \
-      --replace-fail "/sbin/apparmor_parser" "$out/bin/apparmor_parser" \
-      --replace-fail "/usr/sbin/aa-status" "${lib.getExe' apparmor-bin-utils "aa-status"}"
-    sed -i init/rc.apparmor.functions -e '2i . ${./fix-rc.apparmor.functions.sh}'
-
     cd parser
 
     substituteInPlace Makefile \