diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
index 65d875c3a3757..0aca39fd6bedb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
@@ -177,25 +177,6 @@ in
           # programs to be wrapped.
           WRAPPER_PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin
 
-          # Remove the old /var/setuid-wrappers path from the system...
-          #
-          # TODO: this is only necessary for ugprades 16.09 => 17.x;
-          # this conditional removal block needs to be removed after
-          # the release.
-          if [ -d /var/setuid-wrappers ]; then
-            rm -rf /var/setuid-wrappers
-          fi
-
-          # Remove the old /run/setuid-wrappers-dir path from the
-          # system as well...
-          #
-          # TODO: this is only necessary for ugprades 16.09 => 17.x;
-          # this conditional removal block needs to be removed after
-          # the release.
-          if [ -d /run/setuid-wrapper-dirs ]; then
-            rm -rf /run/setuid-wrapper-dirs
-          fi
-
           # We want to place the tmpdirs for the wrappers to the parent dir.
           wrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir="${parentWrapperDir}" wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
           chmod a+rx $wrapperDir