diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index b76d1897ab..bbfc1f6b0d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -378,16 +378,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "1rpgghf7n0zx0cdy8hibr41wvkm2qp1yvd8ab1rxr193l1jmgcir"))
-              (patches (list (search-patch "util-linux-perl.patch")))
-              (modules '((guix build utils)))
-              (snippet
-               ;; We take the 'logger' program from GNU Inetutils, so remove
-               ;; it from here.
-               '(substitute* "misc-utils/Makefile.in"
-                  (("PROGRAMS =(.*) logger(.*)" _ before after)
-                   (string-append "PROGRAMS =" before " " after))
-                  (("MANS =(.*) logger\\.1(.*)" _ before after)
-                   (string-append "MANS =" before " " after))))))
+              (patches (list (search-patch "util-linux-perl.patch")))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags '("--disable-use-tty-group"