diff --git a/projects/suricata/Dockerfile b/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
index 4f045db19289..257e7fb04919 100644
--- a/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/suricata/Dockerfile
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@ RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OISF/libhtp.git libhtp
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OISF/suricata-verify suricata-verify
 WORKDIR $SRC
 COPY build.sh $SRC/
-COPY rustc.py $SRC/
diff --git a/projects/suricata/build.sh b/projects/suricata/build.sh
index 40142426b5e2..7a86ed9dfa38 100755
--- a/projects/suricata/build.sh
+++ b/projects/suricata/build.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ sh autogen.sh
 if [ "$SANITIZER" = "coverage" ]
 then
     export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -C debug-assertions=no"
-    chmod +x $SRC/rustc.py
-    export RUSTC="$SRC/rustc.py"
     ./configure --disable-shared --enable-fuzztargets --enable-debug
 else
     if [ "$SANITIZER" = "address" ]
diff --git a/projects/suricata/rustc.py b/projects/suricata/rustc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 00f26df637ae..000000000000
--- a/projects/suricata/rustc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import sys
-import subprocess
-
-#disable coverage for crate brotli_decompressor
-sys.argv[0] = "rustc"
-if "brotli_decompressor" in sys.argv:
-    try:
-        sys.argv.remove("-Zinstrument-coverage")
-    except:
-        pass
-    print(sys.argv)
-subprocess.call(sys.argv)