diff --git a/includes.container/etc/os-release b/includes.container/etc/os-release
deleted file mode 100644
index 370382b..0000000
--- a/includes.container/etc/os-release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-PRETTY_NAME="Vanilla OS 2.0"
-NAME="Vanilla OS"
-VERSION_ID="2.0"
-VERSION="2.0 Orchid"
-VERSION_CODENAME="orchid"
-ID=vanilla
-ID_LIKE=debian
-HOME_URL="https://vanillaos.org"
-SUPPORT_URL="https://vanillaos.org/help"
-BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/vanilla-os"
-PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://vanillaos.org/os-privacy-policy"
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diff --git a/includes.container/usr/bin/vso b/includes.container/usr/bin/vso
deleted file mode 100644
index 58d8681..0000000
--- a/includes.container/usr/bin/vso
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-use_pkexec=0
-
-# if the 1st argument is sys-upgrade, then we enable pkexec
-if [ "$1" == "sys-upgrade" ]; then
-    use_pkexec=1
-fi
-
-if [ "$use_pkexec" == "1" ]; then
-    # it is a privileged command, so we use pkexec
-    host-shell pkexec /usr/bin/vso "$@"
-else
-    # it does not need to be privileged, so we just run it
-    host-shell /usr/bin/vso "$@"
-fi
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diff --git a/includes.container/usr/share/apx/distrobox/gen-distrobox-links b/includes.container/usr/share/apx/distrobox/gen-distrobox-links
deleted file mode 100644
index cd0b668..0000000
--- a/includes.container/usr/share/apx/distrobox/gen-distrobox-links
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-targets="distrobox distrobox-host-exec distrobox-assemble distrobox-init distrobox-create distrobox-list distrobox-enter distrobox-rm distrobox-ephemeral distrobox-stop distrobox-export distrobox-upgrade distrobox-generate-entry"
-for target in $targets; do
-  echo "#!/bin/sh" > /usr/share/apx/distrobox/$target
-  echo "host-spawn /usr/share/apx/distrobox/$target \$@" >> /usr/share/apx/distrobox/$target
-  chmod +x /usr/share/apx/distrobox/$target
-done
diff --git a/recipe.yml b/recipe.yml
index 90ce777..927db5e 100644
--- a/recipe.yml
+++ b/recipe.yml
@@ -132,15 +132,14 @@ stages:
       commands:
         # host-shell links
         - ln -s /usr/bin/host-shell /usr/bin/apx
-        - ln -s /usr/bin/host-shell /usr/bin/ikaros
         - ln -s /usr/bin/host-shell /usr/bin/vanilla-sideload
+        - ln -s /usr/bin/host-shell /usr/bin/vso
         - chmod +x /usr/bin/apx
-        - chmod +x /usr/bin/ikaros
         - chmod +x /usr/bin/vanilla-sideload
+        - chmod +x /usr/bin/vso
 
         # custom binaries
         - chmod +x /usr/bin/abroot
-        - chmod +x /usr/bin/vso
 
         # core binaries
         - rm /usr/sbin/shutdown
@@ -159,9 +158,6 @@ stages:
         - chmod +x /usr/bin/os-shell
         - chmod +x /usr/bin/host-shell
 
-        # distrobox links
-        - sh /usr/share/apx/distrobox/gen-distrobox-links
-
     - name: cleanup
       type: shell
       commands: