diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 730ac180b3..7cd688ba25 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ WINDOWS_PACKAGING = $(top_srcdir)/share/pixmaps/dash.ico \
   $(top_srcdir)/doc/README_windows.txt
 
 OSX_PACKAGING = $(OSX_DEPLOY_SCRIPT) $(OSX_INSTALLER_ICONS) \
-  $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-apply.sh \
   $(top_srcdir)/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
 
 COVERAGE_INFO = baseline.info \
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
index 395f885e31..a85d9bc921 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
             mkdir -p "unsigned-app-${HOST}"
             cp  --target-directory="unsigned-app-${HOST}" \
                 osx_volname \
-                contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-{apply,create}.sh \
+                contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh \
                 "${BASEPREFIX}/${HOST}"/native/bin/dmg
             mv --target-directory="unsigned-app-${HOST}" dist
             (
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-apply.sh b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-apply.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ae83ccc3e1..0000000000
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-apply.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-export LC_ALL=C
-set -e
-
-UNSIGNED="$1"
-SIGNATURE="$2"
-ROOTDIR=dist
-OUTDIR=signed-app
-SIGNAPPLE=signapple
-
-if [ -z "$UNSIGNED" ]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 <unsigned app> <signature>"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$SIGNATURE" ]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 <unsigned app> <signature>"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-${SIGNAPPLE} apply ${UNSIGNED} ${SIGNATURE}
-mv ${ROOTDIR} ${OUTDIR}
-echo "Signed: ${OUTDIR}"