diff --git a/process-static b/process-static
index d6e0c28..03a1eb7 100755
--- a/process-static
+++ b/process-static
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ rm -rf static-tmp
 cp -a /usr/share/webapps/element static-tmp
 cp --remove-destination webapps/element/config.json static-tmp/config.json
 
-# work around https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72968
-find static-tmp -name '*.js' -exec sed -i "s/!!UNSET!!/$(cat static-tmp/version | tr -d '\n')/g" {} +
-
 brotli_k() {
     brotli -k "$@"
 }