diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c923197..21f74b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install util-linux expect mergerfs attr pandoc
+          sudo apt-get install expect mergerfs attr pandoc
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d92a52f..7d8c64d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ commands that you don't already trust on your system, (i.e. network calls are al
 
 `try` relies on the following Debian packages
 
-* `util-linux` (for standard Linux utilities, `findmnt`)
 * `attr` (for `getfattr`)
 * `pandoc` and `autoconf` (if working from a GitHub clone)
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index ecf1838..5c2c8f6 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     expect
     mergerfs
     attr
-    util-linux
     time
     shellcheck
   ];
diff --git a/test/missing_unionfs_mergerfs.sh b/test/missing_unionfs_mergerfs.sh
index f486382..3e0a33a 100755
--- a/test/missing_unionfs_mergerfs.sh
+++ b/test/missing_unionfs_mergerfs.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ run_nix() {
     pkgs.mkShell {
         buildInputs = with pkgs; [
             attr
-            util-linux
         ];
     }
 EOF