diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/to/tor-browser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/to/tor-browser/package.nix
index 83bc910e7697..009c201e13f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/to/tor-browser/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/to/tor-browser/package.nix
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ let
       };
     }
   );
-
-  policiesJson = writeText "policies.json" (
-    builtins.toJSON {
-      policies.DisableAppUpdate = true;
-    }
-  );
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tor-browser";
@@ -213,8 +207,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # firefox is a wrapper that checks for a more recent libstdc++ & appends it to the ld path
     mv firefox.real firefox
 
-    # store state at `~/.tor browser` instead of relative to executable
-    touch "$TBB_IN_STORE/system-install"
+    # store state at `~/.tor project` instead of relative to executable
+    touch "$TBB_IN_STORE/is-packaged-app"
 
     # The final libPath.  Note, we could split this into firefoxLibPath
     # and torLibPath for accuracy, but this is more convenient ...
@@ -331,7 +325,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Install distribution customizations
     install -Dvm644 ${distributionIni} $out/share/tor-browser/distribution/distribution.ini
-    install -Dvm644 ${policiesJson} $out/share/tor-browser/distribution/policies.json
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';