diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
index a74e676b2..b601b2f35 100644
--- a/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
+++ b/modem/msm-modem/APKBUILD
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 pkgname=msm-modem
 pkgver=5
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Common support for Qualcomm MSM modems"
 url="https://postmarketos.org/"
 arch="armhf armv7 aarch64"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 depends="rmtfs rmtfs-openrc"
 install="$pkgname.post-install"
-subpackages="$pkgname-rpmsg $pkgname-downstream $pkgname-uim-selection:uim_selection"
+subpackages="$pkgname-downstream $pkgname-uim-selection:uim_selection"
 source="
 	msm-modem-downstream.initd
 	msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
-	udev-rpmsg.rules
 	udev-downstream.rules
 "
 options="!check"
@@ -20,13 +19,6 @@ package() {
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
 }
 
-rpmsg() {
-	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (via RPMSG)"
-	depends="$pkgname rpmsgexport"
-
-	install -Dm644 "$srcdir/udev-rpmsg.rules" "$subpkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/55-$pkgname.rules"
-}
-
 uim_selection() {
 	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (UIM selection)"
 	depends="$pkgname libqmi"
@@ -47,6 +39,5 @@ downstream() {
 sha512sums="
 3172f8c409f552f13d1da29f14ab6c79072cd6da4acab151a1a0ea1858a416974456852609f14fe29cf97a6a45e60b99d0a57ddcde751da243ee5ac6fa8b672c  msm-modem-downstream.initd
 9ce373d668a4324ef4d2f465b2524e45b46dc2b93a718ec6bd0c681a99a6506c707083dc9295f30a704526f7b2c508af8bef873fd2ef7ee4638f573677ac79e4  msm-modem-uim-selection.initd
-11437625988fcf57aa0b70f11496c458d4516de16391c2869ae975362f282d21d3af521a41dea00312797d20d52be5112dbf0041986bfb40f3b9fa5948d2c695  udev-rpmsg.rules
 2a511c2e249d0ec5a52f04ffe1ef3d29cf3c4813143b103e54879ff89176ea45b1a5ffe21cb7dc2f1cdd84c3102ba45ef9926ed37e00b1ae12a36d01de35ea5a  udev-downstream.rules
 "
diff --git a/modem/msm-modem/udev-rpmsg.rules b/modem/msm-modem/udev-rpmsg.rules
deleted file mode 100644
index 36836db02..000000000
--- a/modem/msm-modem/udev-rpmsg.rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-SUBSYSTEM!="rpmsg", GOTO="qcom_rpmsg_end"
-
-# symlink rpmsg endpoints under useful names
-ATTR{name}=="DATA5_CNTL", SYMLINK+="modem"
-ATTR{name}=="DATA4", SYMLINK+="modem-at"
-
-# open SMD channels when the remoteproc comes up
-KERNEL!="rpmsg_ctrl[0-9]*", GOTO="qcom_rpmsg_end"
-ATTRS{rpmsg_name}!="modem|hexagon", GOTO="qcom_rpmsg_end"
-
-ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/sbin/rpmsgexport /dev/$name DATA5_CNTL"
-ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/sbin/rpmsgexport /dev/$name DATA4"
-
-LABEL="qcom_rpmsg_end"