diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc.in b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc.in
rename to src/security/apparmor/libvirt-lxc
diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu.in b/src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu
similarity index 100%
rename from src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu.in
rename to src/security/apparmor/libvirt-qemu
diff --git a/src/security/apparmor/meson.build b/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
index b9257c816d..356951c7f1 100644
--- a/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
+++ b/src/security/apparmor/meson.build
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ apparmor_gen_profiles = [
   'usr.sbin.virtxend',
 ]
 
-apparmor_gen_abstractions = [
-  'libvirt-qemu',
-  'libvirt-lxc',
-]
-
 apparmor_gen_profiles_conf = configuration_data({
   'sysconfdir': sysconfdir,
   'sbindir': sbindir,
@@ -61,16 +56,10 @@ foreach name : apparmor_gen_profiles
   )
 endforeach
 
-foreach name : apparmor_gen_abstractions
-  configure_file(
-    input: '@0@.in'.format(name),
-    output: name,
-    command: apparmor_gen_cmd,
-    capture: true,
-    install: true,
-    install_dir: apparmor_dir / 'abstractions',
-  )
-endforeach
+install_data(
+  [ 'libvirt-qemu', 'libvirt-lxc' ],
+  install_dir: apparmor_dir / 'abstractions',
+)
 
 install_data(
   [ 'TEMPLATE.qemu', 'TEMPLATE.lxc' ],