diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index 1f745c96c..496baa937 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ BuildRequires: libappstream-glib-devel
 
 # we'll fix this when Peter has the latest code in a Fedora package
 # BuildRequires: fwupdate-devel >= 0.1
-# Requires: efibootmgr
 
 %description
 fwupd is a daemon to allow session software to update device firmware.
diff --git a/src/fu-provider-uefi.c b/src/fu-provider-uefi.c
index a7d6b390b..7875f334e 100644
--- a/src/fu-provider-uefi.c
+++ b/src/fu-provider-uefi.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ fu_provider_uefi_update (FuProvider *provider,
 	fwup_resource_iter *iter = NULL;
 	fwup_resource *re = NULL;
 	gboolean ret = TRUE;
-	gint rc = 0;
 	guint64 hardware_instance = 0;	/* FIXME */
 	_cleanup_error_free_ GError *error_local = NULL;
 	_cleanup_free_ gchar *standard_error = NULL;
@@ -238,30 +237,6 @@ fu_provider_uefi_update (FuProvider *provider,
 			     fwup_strerror (fwup_error));
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	/* schedule our next boot to be the fwupdate */
-	if (!g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/sbin/efibootmgr -n 1337",
-					NULL,
-					&standard_error,
-					&rc,
-					&error_local)) {
-		ret = FALSE;
-		g_set_error (error,
-			     FWUPD_ERROR,
-			     FWUPD_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-			     "Failed to launch efibootmgr: %s",
-			     error_local->message);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (!g_spawn_check_exit_status (rc, &error_local)) {
-		ret = FALSE;
-		g_set_error (error,
-			     FWUPD_ERROR,
-			     FWUPD_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
-			     "UEFI firmware update failed: %s",
-			     error_local->message);
-		goto out;
-	}
 out:
 	fwup_resource_iter_destroy (&iter);
 	return ret;