diff --git a/srcpkgs/moreutils/template b/srcpkgs/moreutils/template
index 593ecc6af2c..3df30b3e675 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/moreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/moreutils/template
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ homepage="https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/m/moreutils/moreutils_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=da9d5cd145ceea967a65dd50031d168d66199c3eb41b9390b57f35d4a5808ab5
 
-pre_install() {
-	sed -i '/INSTALL_BIN/s/-s//' Makefile
-}
 post_install() {
 	# rename parallel to not conflict with gnu-parllel
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/{,moreutils_}parallel