diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
index e675072975d..6167696f336 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-utils/default.nix
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installFlags = "ASOUND_STATE_DIR=$(TMPDIR)/dummy";
 
-  preConfigure =
-    ''
-      # Ensure that ‘90-alsa-restore.rules.in’ gets rebuilt.
-      rm alsactl/90-alsa-restore.rules
-    '';
-
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.alsa-project.org/;
     description = "ALSA, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utils";