diff --git a/salt/qubes-builder/README.md b/salt/qubes-builder/README.md
index bc9f1cc5..7a696cb7 100644
--- a/salt/qubes-builder/README.md
+++ b/salt/qubes-builder/README.md
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ Setting the Disposable VM  to Dom0 works because it will use the
 `default_dispvm` preference of `qubes-builder`, which is `dvm-qubes-builder`.
 
 If you need to pull new commits, a set of trusted keys is present in
-`/home/user/.gnupg/qubes-builder` to be used to verify commits or tags:
+`/home/user/.gnupg/qubes-builder`. By default, the provided gitconfig verifies
+merges, so pulling new commits will do signature verification of `FETCH_HEAD`:
 ```sh
-GNUPGHOME="$HOME/.gnupg/qubes-builder" git verify-commit "HEAD^{commit}"
+GNUPGHOME="$HOME/.gnupg/qubes-builder" git pull
+Commit 7c37bb7 has a good GPG signature by Frédéric Pierret (fepitre)
+<frederic.pierret@qubes-os.org>
+...
 ```
 
 There are no further modifications needed to comply with this package. Consult
diff --git a/salt/qubes-builder/configure-qubes-executor.sls b/salt/qubes-builder/configure-qubes-executor.sls
index f5568ed6..c1b4af8b 100644
--- a/salt/qubes-builder/configure-qubes-executor.sls
+++ b/salt/qubes-builder/configure-qubes-executor.sls
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ include:
   - dotfiles.copy-sh
   - dotfiles.copy-x11
 
-"{{ slsdotpath }}-executor-rpc":
-  file.recurse:
-    - name: /usr/local/etc/qubes-rpc/
-    - source: salt://{{ slsdotpath }}/files/server/rpc/
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - dir_mode: '0755'
-    - file_mode: '0755'
-    - makedirs: True
-
 "{{ slsdotpath }}-executor-makedir-binded-builder":
   file.directory:
     - name: /rw/bind-dirs/builder
diff --git a/salt/qubes-builder/files/admin/policy/default.policy b/salt/qubes-builder/files/admin/policy/default.policy
index a5ff04f0..a8afc210 100644
--- a/salt/qubes-builder/files/admin/policy/default.policy
+++ b/salt/qubes-builder/files/admin/policy/default.policy
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ admin.vm.Kill * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow target=
 qubesbuilder.FileCopyIn * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow
 qubesbuilder.FileCopyOut * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow
 
+qubes.Filecopy * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow
 qubes.WaitForSession * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow
 qubes.VMShell * {{ sls_path }} @tag:disp-created-by-{{ sls_path }} allow
 ## vim:ft=qrexecpolicy
diff --git a/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyIn b/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyIn
deleted file mode 100755
index 5cd14754..00000000
--- a/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyIn
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/sh
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 - 2023 The Qubes OS Project <https://www.qubes-os.org>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-set -e
-
-sudo bash -c "mkdir -p /builder/incoming && chown -R user:user /builder"
-
-id=$(id -u user)
-
-if test -x /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-unpacker; then
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2123
-  PATH="${PATH+"$PATH:"}/usr/lib/qubes"
-fi
-
-exec qfile-unpacker "$id" "/builder/incoming"
diff --git a/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyOut b/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyOut
deleted file mode 100755
index 4fcf2ba3..00000000
--- a/salt/qubes-builder/files/server/rpc/qubesbuilder.FileCopyOut
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 - 2023 The Qubes OS Project <https://www.qubes-os.org>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-path="${1//__/\//}"
-
-exec /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent "$path"