diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/fail2ban/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/fail2ban/default.nix
index c886b10e220..70dfb9e82c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/fail2ban/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/fail2ban/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication {
     ++ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux pythonPackages.systemd);
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    for i in fail2ban-client fail2ban-regex fail2ban-server; do
-      substituteInPlace $i \
-        --replace /usr/share/fail2ban $out/share/fail2ban
-    done
-
     for i in config/action.d/sendmail*.conf; do
       substituteInPlace $i \
         --replace /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail \