diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b33e2e..8264a59 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ install-systemd: install-init
 	install -m 0644 vm-systemd/qubes-*.socket $(DESTDIR)$(SYSLIBDIR)/systemd/system/
 	install -m 0644 vm-systemd/75-qubes-vm.preset $(DESTDIR)$(SYSLIBDIR)/systemd/system-preset/
 	install -m 0644 vm-systemd/qubes-core.conf $(DESTDIR)$(SYSLIBDIR)/modules-load.d/
-	install -m 0644 vm-systemd/qubes-misc.conf $(DESTDIR)$(SYSLIBDIR)/modules-load.d/
 	install -m 0755 network/qubes-iptables $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/qubes/init/
 	install -D -m 0644 vm-systemd/qubes-core-agent-linux.tmpfiles \
 		$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/qubes-core-agent-linux.conf
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ install-sysvinit: install-init
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-updates-proxy $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install vm-init.d/qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 	install -D vm-init.d/qubes-core.modules $(DESTDIR)/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-core.modules
-	install -D vm-init.d/qubes-misc.modules $(DESTDIR)/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-misc.modules
 	install network/qubes-iptables $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/
 
 install-rh: install-systemd install-systemd-dropins install-sysvinit
diff --git a/debian/qubes-core-agent.install b/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
index 1be477f..95413aa 100644
--- a/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
+++ b/debian/qubes-core-agent.install
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ etc/sysctl.d/80-qubes.conf
 etc/systemd/system/haveged.service
 etc/udev/rules.d/50-qubes-misc.rules
 lib/modules-load.d/qubes-core.conf
-lib/modules-load.d/qubes-misc.conf
 lib/systemd/system-preset/75-qubes-vm.preset
 lib/systemd/system/ModemManager.service.d/30_qubes.conf
 lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service.d/30_qubes.conf
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec b/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
index 3cc098f..3136883 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-agent.spec
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ The Qubes core startup configuration for SysV init (or upstart).
 /etc/init.d/qubes-qrexec-agent
 /etc/init.d/qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder
 /etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-core.modules
-/etc/sysconfig/modules/qubes-misc.modules
 
 %post sysvinit
 
@@ -767,7 +766,6 @@ The Qubes core startup configuration for SystemD init.
 /lib/systemd/system/qubes-updates-proxy-forwarder.socket
 /lib/systemd/system-preset/%qubes_preset_file
 /lib/modules-load.d/qubes-core.conf
-/lib/modules-load.d/qubes-misc.conf
 /lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service.d/30_qubes.conf
 /lib/systemd/system/crond.service.d/30_qubes.conf
 /lib/systemd/system/cups.service.d/30_qubes.conf
diff --git a/vm-init.d/qubes-misc.modules b/vm-init.d/qubes-misc.modules
deleted file mode 100755
index 4af1be3..0000000
--- a/vm-init.d/qubes-misc.modules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-modprobe dummy-hcd 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-misc.conf b/vm-systemd/qubes-misc.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e799241..0000000
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-misc.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dummy-hcd