diff --git a/hack/libdm_tag.sh b/hack/libdm_tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 815b5d914e..0000000000
--- a/hack/libdm_tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-tmpdir="$PWD/tmp.$RANDOM"
-mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
-trap 'rm -fr "$tmpdir"' EXIT
-${CC:-cc} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o "$tmpdir"/libdm_tag -x c - -ldevmapper > /dev/null 2> /dev/null << EOF
-#include <libdevmapper.h>
-int main() {
-	struct dm_task *task;
-	dm_task_deferred_remove(task);
-	return 0;
-}
-EOF
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
-	echo libdm_no_deferred_remove
-fi
diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index 075c43b7a5..fd89e342f4 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export BASEBUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS libtrust_openssl"
 %endif
 
 # build %%{name}
-export BUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) $(hack/libdm_tag.sh)"
+export BUILDTAGS="$BASEBUILDTAGS $(hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh)"
 %gobuild -o bin/%{name} ./cmd/%{name}
 
 # build %%{name}-remote