diff --git a/config/base.toml b/config/base.toml
index a6811308caa77f88602b2128861f18a8fa4978cc..eb51048a6c0095135842c9505dcb5f0b90fa7c5c 100644
--- a/config/base.toml
+++ b/config/base.toml
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ path = "/etc/os-release"
 data = "../usr/lib/os-release"
 symlink = true
 
-# FIXME remove once screenfetch supports reading os-release instead
-[[files]]
-path = "/etc/redox-release"
-data = "0.8.0"
-
 ## Symlinks for usrmerge
 [[files]]
 path = "/usr"