diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 47f4f479..46452332 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13.4),
                debhelper-compat (= 13),
                golang-any,
                config-package-dev,
-               rsync,
 Homepage: https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d.git
diff --git a/dists/apparmor.d.spec b/dists/apparmor.d.spec
index 7fcbf4a7..9c1b7267 100644
--- a/dists/apparmor.d.spec
+++ b/dists/apparmor.d.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Requires:       apparmor-profiles
 BuildRequires:  distribution-release
 BuildRequires:  golang-packaging
-BuildRequires:  rsync
 
 %description
 AppArmor.d is a set of over 1500 AppArmor profiles whose aim is to confine most Linux based applications and processes.
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 0bec02c2..da2ea17c 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Please note that Wayland has a better support than Xorg.
 **Build dependencies**
 
 * Go >= 1.18
-* Rsync
 
 ## :material-arch: Archlinux
 
diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go b/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
index 23f86235..207cf8e6 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package prebuild
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -28,15 +27,14 @@ type PrepareFunc func() error
 
 // Initialize a new clean apparmor.d build directory
 func Synchronise() error {
-	dirs := paths.PathList{RootApparmord, Root.Join("root")}
+	dirs := paths.PathList{RootApparmord, Root.Join("root"), Root.Join("systemd")}
 	for _, dir := range dirs {
 		if err := dir.RemoveAll(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	for _, path := range []string{"./apparmor.d", "./root"} {
-		cmd := exec.Command("rsync", "-a", path, Root.String())
-		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+	for _, name := range []string{"apparmor.d", "root"} {
+		if err := copyTo(paths.New(name), Root.Join(name)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/tools.go b/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
index f0df64ba..54b34ef4 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func getSupportedDistribution() string {
 }
 
 func copyTo(src *paths.Path, dst *paths.Path) error {
-	files, err := src.ReadDirRecursiveFiltered(nil, paths.FilterOutDirectories())
+	files, err := src.ReadDirRecursiveFiltered(nil, paths.FilterOutDirectories(), paths.FilterOutNames("README.md"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}