diff --git a/pkg/packaging/assets/preinstall-darwin.sh b/pkg/packaging/assets/preinstall-darwin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4f153739a..000000000
--- a/pkg/packaging/assets/preinstall-darwin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# As of the Big Sur general release, Apple M1 machines no longer ship
-# Rosetta 2. Instead, this must be installed manually. As osquery does
-# not yet ship a universal binary, launcher requires rosetta2.
-#
-# During an interactive install, the user is prompted to okay a
-# rosetta2 install, but this does not appear to happen during an MDM
-# install. So, we need to trigger than from a preinstall script.
-
-# If we're not arm, exit
-if [ "$(/usr/bin/arch)" != "arm64" ]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# If it's already installed, exit.  If this check misfires, we'll
-# invoke software update an extra time, which should be okay.
-if [[ -f "/Library/Apple/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.oahd.plist" ]]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# At some point the oahd plist vanished. Another way to check is to
-# see is oahd is running
-if /usr/bin/pgrep -q oahd; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# report errors
-set -e
-
-/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
diff --git a/pkg/packaging/packaging.go b/pkg/packaging/packaging.go
index 30e845149..50d8d4c0b 100644
--- a/pkg/packaging/packaging.go
+++ b/pkg/packaging/packaging.go
@@ -290,10 +290,6 @@ func (p *PackageOptions) Build(ctx context.Context, packageWriter io.Writer, tar
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "setup init script for %s", p.target.String())
 	}
 
-	if err := p.setupPreinst(ctx); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "setup preinst for %s", p.target.String())
-	}
-
 	if err := p.setupPostinst(ctx); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "setup postInst for %s", p.target.String())
 	}
@@ -605,22 +601,6 @@ func (p *PackageOptions) setupPrerm(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *PackageOptions) setupPreinst(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if p.target.Platform != Darwin {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	preinstallContent, err := assets.ReadFile("assets/preinstall-darwin.sh")
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting template for preinstall")
-	}
-
-	return errors.Wrap(
-		ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(p.scriptRoot, "preinstall"), preinstallContent, 0755),
-		"writing preinstall file",
-	)
-}
-
 func (p *PackageOptions) setupPostinst(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if p.target.Init == NoInit {
 		return nil