diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mullvad-browser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mullvad-browser/package.nix
index 5dba16159a22..6f7675405b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mullvad-browser/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mullvad-browser/package.nix
@@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ let
       };
     }
   );
-
-  policiesJson = writeText "policies.json" (
-    builtins.toJSON {
-      policies.DisableAppUpdate = true;
-    }
-  );
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mullvad-browser";
@@ -200,7 +194,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv mullvadbrowser.real mullvadbrowser
 
     # store state at `~/.mullvad` instead of relative to executable
-    touch "$MB_IN_STORE/system-install"
+    touch "$MB_IN_STORE/is-packaged-app"
 
     # Add bundled libraries to libPath.
     libPath=${libPath}:$MB_IN_STORE
@@ -282,7 +276,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Install distribution customizations
     install -Dvm644 ${distributionIni} $out/share/mullvad-browser/distribution/distribution.ini
-    install -Dvm644 ${policiesJson} $out/share/mullvad-browser/distribution/policies.json
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';