diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sa/samply/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sa/samply/package.nix
index c8e4c86e66f8..0a85af8003b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sa/samply/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sa/samply/package.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchCrate,
-  jq,
-  moreutils,
   stdenv,
   darwin,
 }:
@@ -21,29 +19,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/377986
   cargoLock.lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
 
-  # the dependencies linux-perf-data and linux-perf-event-reader contains both README.md and Readme.md,
-  # which causes a hash mismatch on systems with a case-insensitive filesystem
-  # this removes the readme files and updates cargo's checksum file accordingly
-  depsExtraArgs = {
-    nativeBuildInputs = [
-      jq
-      moreutils
-    ];
-
-    postBuild = ''
-      for crate in linux-perf-data linux-perf-event-reader; do
-        pushd $name/$crate
-
-        rm -f README.md Readme.md
-        jq 'del(.files."README.md") | del(.files."Readme.md")' \
-          .cargo-checksum.json -c \
-          | sponge .cargo-checksum.json
-
-        popd
-      done
-    '';
-  };
-
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices
   ];