diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
index 47b27a4..3992b12 100755
--- a/coverage.sh
+++ b/coverage.sh
@@ -131,15 +131,6 @@ tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -C /tmp/debian-$dist-mm -xf /tmp/debian-$dist-
 mkdir /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap
 tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -C /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap -xf "cache/debian-$dist-$variant.tar"
 
-# The buildd variant of debootstrap will install libgcc-s1 *and* libgcc1 even
-# though the former provides the latter. Remove the latter manually.
-if [ "$variant" = "buildd" ] \
-	&& chroot /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap dpkg -s libgcc-s1 2>&1 | grep --quiet '^Status: install ok installed$' \
-	&& chroot /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap dpkg -s libgcc1 2>&1 | grep --quiet '^Status: install ok installed$' \
-	&& dpkg --compare-versions "\$(chroot /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap dpkg -s libc6 | grep '^Version:' | cut -d ' ' -f 2)" ge 2.30-2; then
-	chroot /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap dpkg --remove libgcc1
-fi
-
 # diff cannot compare device nodes, so we use tar to do that for us and then
 # delete the directory
 tar -C /tmp/debian-$dist-debootstrap -cf dev1.tar ./dev
diff --git a/make_mirror.sh b/make_mirror.sh
index 630047d..95480d4 100755
--- a/make_mirror.sh
+++ b/make_mirror.sh
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ END
 			--or --field=Priority important --or --field=Priority standard \
 			--or --field=Package build-essential \) )
 
-	pkgs="$(echo $pkgs) build-essential busybox gpg libgcc1"
+	pkgs="$(echo $pkgs) build-essential busybox gpg"
 
 	APT_CONFIG="$rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf" apt-get --yes install $pkgs