diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 614f1d66ef..3a698f8ad5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ BUILDTAGS ?= \
 	$(shell hack/apparmor_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/btrfs_installed_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/btrfs_tag.sh) \
-	$(shell hack/selinux_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/systemd_tag.sh) \
 	$(shell hack/libsubid_tag.sh) \
 	exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper \
diff --git a/hack/selinux_tag.sh b/hack/selinux_tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 993630ad62..0000000000
--- a/hack/selinux_tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-if pkg-config libselinux 2> /dev/null ; then
-	echo selinux
-fi