--- util/install_helper.sh
+++ util/install_helper.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 set -e
 
 sysconfdir="$1"
-bindir="$2"
 udevrulesdir="$3"
 
 # Both sysconfdir and bindir are absolute paths (since they are joined
@@ -22,30 +21,9 @@ else
     DESTDIR="${DESTDIR%/}"
 fi
 
-chown root:root "${DESTDIR}${bindir}/fusermount3"
-chmod u+s "${DESTDIR}${bindir}/fusermount3"
-
 install -D -m 644 "${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/util/fuse.conf" \
 	"${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}/fuse.conf"
 
 
-if test ! -e "${DESTDIR}/dev/fuse"; then
-    mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/dev"
-    mknod "${DESTDIR}/dev/fuse" -m 0666 c 10 229
-fi
-
 install -D -m 644 "${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/util/udev.rules" \
         "${DESTDIR}${udevrulesdir}/99-fuse3.rules"
-
-install -D -m 755 "${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/util/init_script" \
-        "${DESTDIR}${sysconfdir}/init.d/fuse3"
-
-
-if test -x /usr/sbin/update-rc.d && test -z "${DESTDIR}"; then
-    /usr/sbin/update-rc.d fuse3 start 34 S . start 41 0 6 . || /bin/true
-else
-    echo "== FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED =="
-    echo "Make sure that your init system will start the ${sysconfdir}/init.d/fuse3 init script"
-fi
-
-
