diff --git a/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
index fa243dcab..11ff82083 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ archboot_wireless_staging archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_
 archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect  archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev \
 archboot_lvm2 archboot_remote archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils \
 archboot_usbutils archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_fsarchiver \
-archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_testdisk archboot_ddrescue \
+archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_ddrescue \
 archboot_secure_boot archboot_efivar archboot_lshw)
 
 # COMPRESSION
diff --git a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
index 2efcf1952..e54380286 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard dmraid archboot_devicemapper arc
 mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote archboot_cpufreq \
 archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
-archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_testdisk \
+archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe \
 archboot_ddrescue archboot_platform archboot_hypervisor archboot_secure_boot \
 archboot_efivar archboot_lshw archboot_firmware)
 
diff --git a/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
index 904103f32..74f0671c9 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ archboot_wireless_staging archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_
 archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect  archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev \
 archboot_lvm2 archboot_remote archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils \
 archboot_usbutils archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_fsarchiver \
-archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_testdisk archboot_ddrescue \
+archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_ddrescue \
 archboot_secure_boot archboot_efivar archboot_lshw)
 
 # COMPRESSION
diff --git a/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf b/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
index f1a78f1eb..974358b44 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard dmraid archboot_devicemapper arc
 mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote \
 archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
-archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_testdisk \
+archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe \
 archboot_ddrescue archboot_platform archboot_hypervisor archboot_secure_boot \
 archboot_efivar archboot_lshw archboot_firmware)
 
diff --git a/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
index 01c5ac9bd..22fbbbcf5 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_installer_cleanup archboot
 archboot_keymap archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev archboot_lvm2 \
 archboot_remote archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_refind archboot_efibootmgr \
 archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses \
-archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_testdisk archboot_ddrescue \
+archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe archboot_ddrescue \
 archboot_chntpw archboot_secure_boot archboot_efivar archboot_lshw)
 
 # COMPRESSION
diff --git a/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf b/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
index 1846e5701..fe80a872b 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote archboot_cpufreq archboot_kexec \
 archboot_grub archboot_refind archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
 archboot_fsarchiver archboot_neovim archboot_wipe \
-archboot_testdisk archboot_ddrescue archboot_chntpw \
+archboot_ddrescue archboot_chntpw \
 archboot_platform archboot_hypervisor archboot_dmidecode \
 archboot_secure_boot archboot_efivar archboot_lshw archboot_firmware)
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/common.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/common.sh
index f23fbce9c..67735f213 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/common.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/common.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 _PACMAN_MIRROR="/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 _PACMAN_CONF="/etc/pacman.conf"
 _CACHEDIR="/var/cache/pacman/pkg"
-_FIX_PACKAGES="libelf libevent talloc gdbm gcc-libs perl glibc glib2 harfbuzz nss p11-kit libp11-kit fuse tpm2-tss libsecret libcap libbsd libldap libmd jansson libsasl pcre2 icu libxml2"
+_FIX_PACKAGES="libelf libevent talloc gdbm gcc-libs glibc glib2 nss p11-kit libp11-kit tpm2-tss libsecret libcap libbsd libldap libmd jansson libsasl pcre2 icu libxml2"
 _XORG_PACKAGE="xorg"
 _VNC_PACKAGE="tigervnc"
 _WAYLAND_PACKAGE="egl-wayland"
diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_testdisk b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_testdisk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b01ce176..000000000
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_testdisk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Created by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
-
-build ()
-{
-    map add_binary testdisk photorec
-}
-
-help ()
-{
-cat<<HELPEOF
-  This hook includes testdisk on an archboot image.
-HELPEOF
-}