diff --git a/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update b/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update
deleted file mode 100755
index 9cbfd8e..0000000
--- a/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2025 ENCRYPTED SUPPORT LLC <adrelanos@whonix.org>
-## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
-
-## TODO: Move this to helper-scripts.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o errtrace
-set -o pipefail
-
-command -v start-stop-daemon >/dev/null
-command -v timeout >/dev/null
-command -v apt-get >/dev/null
-
-export LC_ALL=C
-pidfile="/run/helper-scripts/security-misc-apt-get-update-pid"
-
-sigterm_trap() {
-   /usr/libexec/helper-scripts/apt-get-update-kill-helper &>/dev/null
-   exit 143
-}
-
-## terminate potential previous invocations.
-/usr/libexec/helper-scripts/apt-get-update-kill-helper &>/dev/null
-
-trap "sigterm_trap" SIGTERM SIGINT
-
-[[ -v timeout_after ]] || timeout_after="600"
-[[ -v kill_after ]] || kill_after="10"
-
-start-stop-daemon \
-  --make-pidfile \
-  --pidfile "$pidfile" \
-  --exec /usr/bin/timeout \
-  --start \
-  -- \
-    --kill-after="$kill_after" \
-    "$timeout_after" \
-      apt-get update --error-on=any "$@" &
-
-lastpid="$!"
-wait "$lastpid"
-
-exit "$?"
diff --git a/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update-sanity-test b/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update-sanity-test
deleted file mode 100755
index 7efac72..0000000
--- a/usr/libexec/security-misc/apt-get-update-sanity-test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2025 ENCRYPTED SUPPORT LLC <adrelanos@whonix.org>
-## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
-
-set -x
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-if ! printf '%s\n' "" | wc -l >/dev/null ; then
-  printf '%s\n' "\
-$0: ERROR: command 'wc' test failed! Do not ignore this!
-
-'wc' can core dump. Example:
-zsh: illegal hardware instruction (core dumped) wc -l
-https://github.com/rspamd/rspamd/issues/5137" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-wc -L "/var/lib/apt/lists/"*InRelease
-wc -L "/var/lib/apt/lists/"*InRelease | awk '$1 > 1024 {print; exit 1}'