diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 depends=(virglrenderer sdl2 vte3 brltty "${_headlessdeps[@]}")
 makedepends=(spice-protocol python2 ceph libiscsi glusterfs)
 source=("$url/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2"{,.sig}
-        qemu.sysusers
         qemu-ga.service
         65-kvm.rules
         allow_elf64.patch)
 sha256sums=('00bfb217b1bb03c7a6c3261b819cfccbfb5a58e3e2ceff546327d271773c6c14'
             'SKIP'
-            'dd43e2ef062b071a0b9d0d5ea54737f41600ca8a84a8aefbebb1ff09f978acfb'
             'c39bcde4a09165e64419fd2033b3532378bba84d509d39e2d51694d44c1f8d88'
             '60dcde5002c7c0b983952746e6fb2cf06d6c5b425d64f340f819356e561e7fc7'
             '13a6d9e678bdc9e1f051006cfd0555f5a80582368f54c8a1bb5a78ece3832ac4')
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@
 
   # systemd stuff
   install -Dm644 65-kvm.rules "$pkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules"
-  install -Dm644 qemu.sysusers "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/qemu.conf"
 
   # remove conflicting /var/run directory
   cd "$pkgdir"