diff --git a/cmake/globals.cmake b/cmake/globals.cmake
index e53248b..179e3cb 100644
--- a/cmake/globals.cmake
+++ b/cmake/globals.cmake
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux)
    set(LINUX TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "")
 endif()
 
-# read /etc/os-release
-if(LINUX)
-   include(OsRelease)
-endif()
-
 # version info
 if ("$ENV{RSTUDIO_VERSION_MAJOR}" STREQUAL "")
   string(TIMESTAMP CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "%Y")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/OsRelease.cmake b/cmake/modules/OsRelease.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 81a9e1f..0000000
--- a/cmake/modules/OsRelease.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#
-# OsRelease.cmake
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2022 by Posit Software, PBC
-#
-# This program is licensed to you under the terms of version 3 of the
-# GNU Affero General Public License. This program is distributed WITHOUT
-# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING THOSE OF NON-INFRINGEMENT,
-# MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please refer to the
-# AGPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt) for more details.
-#
-#
-
-# reads and parses /etc/os-release into CMake variables
-file(STRINGS "/etc/os-release" OS_RELEASE)
-foreach(LINE ${OS_RELEASE})
-	string(FIND "${LINE}" "=" INDEX)
-	string(SUBSTRING "${LINE}" 0 "${INDEX}" KEY)
-	math(EXPR INDEX "${INDEX} + 1")
-	string(SUBSTRING "${LINE}" "${INDEX}" -1 VALUE)
-	separate_arguments(VALUE UNIX_COMMAND "${VALUE}")
-	set("OS_RELEASE_${KEY}" "${VALUE}" CACHE INTERNAL "/etc/os-release: ${KEY}")
-endforeach()
-
diff --git a/package/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/package/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c55ebe..7ac9651 100644
--- a/package/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/package/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # configure cpack install location
 set(CPACK_SET_DESTDIR "ON")
 set(CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-message(STATUS "Packaging RStudio for ${OS_RELEASE_PRETTY_NAME}")
+message(STATUS "Packaging RStudio for Nix")
 
 # detect architecture (packaging platform specific)
 find_program(DPKG_EXECUTABLE dpkg)
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@ if(EXISTS "/etc/redhat-release")
    endif()
 endif()
 
-# set libssl dependency
-if(OS_RELEASE_ID STREQUAL "ubuntu")
-  if(OS_RELEASE_VERSION_ID VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "22.04")
-    set(RSTUDIO_DEBIAN_DEPENDS_SSL "libssl-dev")
-  else()
-    set(RSTUDIO_DEBIAN_DEPENDS_SSL "libssl1.0.0 | libssl1.0.2 | libssl1.1")
-  endif()
-else()
-  set(RSTUDIO_DEBIAN_DEPENDS_SSL "libssl-dev")
-endif()
-
 # configuration specific
 if(RSTUDIO_SERVER)