diff --git a/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh b/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 67f5b7174b..0000000000
--- a/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-export LANG=C
-
-KERNEL_VERSION="$1"
-KERNEL_IMAGE="$2"
-
-[[ -f /etc/os-release ]] && . /etc/os-release
-
-if [[ ! -f /etc/machine-id ]] || [[ ! -s /etc/machine-id ]]; then
-    systemd-machine-id-setup
-fi
-
-[[ -f /etc/machine-id ]] && read MACHINE_ID < /etc/machine-id
-
-[[ $MACHINE_ID ]] || exit 1
-[[ -f $KERNEL_IMAGE ]] || exit 1
-
-INITRDFILE="/boot/initramfs-0-rescue-${MACHINE_ID}.img"
-NEW_KERNEL_IMAGE="${KERNEL_IMAGE%/*}/vmlinuz-0-rescue-${MACHINE_ID}"
-
-[[ -f $INITRDFILE ]] && [[ -f $NEW_KERNEL_IMAGE ]] && exit 0
-
-dropindirs_sort()
-{
-    suffix=$1; shift
-    args=("$@")
-    files=$(
-        while (( $# > 0 )); do
-            for i in ${1}/*${suffix}; do
-                [[ -f $i ]] && echo ${i##*/}
-            done
-            shift
-        done | sort -Vu
-    )
-
-    for f in $files; do
-        for d in "${args[@]}"; do
-            if [[ -f "$d/$f" ]]; then
-                echo "$d/$f"
-                continue 2
-            fi
-        done
-    done
-}
-
-# source our config dir
-for f in $(dropindirs_sort ".conf" "/etc/dracut.conf.d" "/usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d"); do
-    [[ -e $f ]] && . "$f"
-done
-
-[[ $dracut_rescue_image != "yes" ]] && exit 0
-
-if [[ ! -f $INITRDFILE ]]; then
-    dracut --no-hostonly -a "rescue" "$INITRDFILE" "$KERNEL_VERSION"
-    ((ret+=$?))
-fi
-
-if [[ ! -f $NEW_KERNEL_IMAGE ]]; then
-    cp --reflink=auto "$KERNEL_IMAGE" "$NEW_KERNEL_IMAGE"
-    ((ret+=$?))
-fi
-
-new-kernel-pkg --install "$KERNEL_VERSION" --kernel-image "$NEW_KERNEL_IMAGE" --initrdfile "$INITRDFILE" --banner "$NAME $VERSION_ID Rescue $MACHINE_ID"
-
-((ret+=$?))
-
-exit $ret
diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index b1a84eb6b1..e89a987365 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -278,11 +278,6 @@ rm -f -- $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/lsinitrd.1*
 echo 'hostonly="no"' > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{dracutlibdir}/dracut.conf.d/02-generic-image.conf
 echo 'dracut_rescue_image="yes"' > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{dracutlibdir}/dracut.conf.d/02-rescue.conf
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} <= 8
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kernel/postinst.d
-install -m 0755 51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kernel/postinst.d/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh
-%endif
-
 %files
 %if %{with doc}
 %doc README.md HACKING TODO AUTHORS NEWS dracut.html dracut.png dracut.svg
@@ -479,8 +474,5 @@ install -m 0755 51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/kerne
 %files config-rescue
 %{dracutlibdir}/dracut.conf.d/02-rescue.conf
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
-%if 0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} <= 8
-%{_sysconfdir}/kernel/postinst.d/51-dracut-rescue-postinst.sh
-%endif
 
 %changelog