diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3eb5d19b..d4f3d143 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -141,11 +141,9 @@ ExternalProject_Add(lpeg
 
 
 
-add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/driver ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/driver)
 add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/userspace/libscap ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/libscap)
 add_subdirectory(${SYSDIG_DIR}/userspace/libsinsp ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/userspace/libsinsp)
 
-add_subdirectory(scripts)
 add_subdirectory(rules)
 add_subdirectory(userspace/digwatch)
 
@@ -163,15 +161,13 @@ set(CPACK_GENERATOR DEB RPM TGZ)
 
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER "Sysdig <support@sysdig.com>")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "utils")
+
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "http://www.sysdig.org")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/debian/postinst;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/scripts/debian/prerm")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "sysdig")
 
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "GPLv2")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL "http://www.sysdig.org")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "dkms, gcc, make, kernel-devel, perl")
-set(CPACK_RPM_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/rpm/postinstall")
-set(CPACK_RPM_PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/rpm/preuninstall")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "sysdig")
 set(CPACK_RPM_EXCLUDE_FROM_AUTO_FILELIST_ADDITION /usr/src /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man8)
 
 include(CPack)
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4af86d1a..00000000
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-configure_file(debian/postinst.in debian/postinst)
-configure_file(debian/prerm.in debian/prerm)
diff --git a/scripts/debian/postinst.in b/scripts/debian/postinst.in
deleted file mode 100755
index e187dac1..00000000
--- a/scripts/debian/postinst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
-DKMS_VERSION="@PROBE_VERSION@"
-
-postinst_found=0
-
-case "$1" in
-	configure)
-		for DKMS_POSTINST in /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME/postinst; do
-			if [ -f $DKMS_POSTINST ]; then
-				$DKMS_POSTINST $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME $DKMS_VERSION /usr/share/$DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME "" $2
-				postinst_found=1
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-		if [ "$postinst_found" -eq 0 ]; then
-			echo "ERROR: DKMS version is too old and $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME was not"
-			echo "built with legacy DKMS support."
-			echo "You must either rebuild $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME with legacy postinst"
-			echo "support or upgrade DKMS to a more current version."
-			exit 1
-		fi
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/scripts/debian/prerm.in b/scripts/debian/prerm.in
deleted file mode 100755
index 8b841812..00000000
--- a/scripts/debian/prerm.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME="@PACKAGE_NAME@"
-DKMS_VERSION="@PROBE_VERSION@"
-
-case "$1" in
-	remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
-		if [  "$(dkms status -m $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME -v $DKMS_VERSION)" ]; then
-			dkms remove -m $DKMS_PACKAGE_NAME -v $DKMS_VERSION --all
-		fi
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/postinstall b/scripts/rpm/postinstall
deleted file mode 100755
index 5ec759d2..00000000
--- a/scripts/rpm/postinstall
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-dkms add -m sysdig -v %{version} --rpm_safe_upgrade
-if [ `uname -r | grep -c "BOOT"` -eq 0 ] && [ -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include ]; then
-	dkms build -m sysdig -v %{version}
-	dkms install --force -m sysdig -v %{version}
-elif [ `uname -r | grep -c "BOOT"` -gt 0 ]; then
-	echo -e ""
-	echo -e "Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since you"
-	echo -e "are running a BOOT variant of the kernel."
-else
-	echo -e ""
-	echo -e "Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the"
-	echo -e "kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed."
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/rpm/preuninstall b/scripts/rpm/preuninstall
deleted file mode 100755
index 8fc95ce3..00000000
--- a/scripts/rpm/preuninstall
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dkms remove -m sysdig -v %{version} --all --rpm_safe_upgrade