diff --git a/modules/00-vanilla-apx-stacks.yml b/modules/00-vanilla-apx-stacks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e55c5e5..0000000
--- a/modules/00-vanilla-apx-stacks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-name: apx-stacks
-type: shell
-sources:
-  - type: git
-    url: https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/vanilla-apx-configs.git
-    tag: v1.0.0
-commands:
-- mkdir -p /usr/share/apx
-- mv /sources/apx-stacks/vanilla-apx-configs/stacks /usr/share/apx/
-- mv /sources/apx-stacks/vanilla-apx-configs/package-managers /usr/share/apx/
diff --git a/modules/00-vanilla-apx.yml b/modules/00-vanilla-apx.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81d0fa4..0000000
--- a/modules/00-vanilla-apx.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: apx
-type: shell
-sources:
-  - type: tar
-    url: https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx/releases/download/v2.5.0/apx-amd64.tar.gz
-    checksum: fb00c7ca1796a45e3e41d3fa74be76cc36a86da5c4b7c8383519214e0d6b33d1
-    only-arches: [amd64]
-  - type: tar
-    url: https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx/releases/download/v2.5.0/apx-arm64.tar.gz
-    checksum: 786039f71b13b2e4c2131a1db6fa619b57958be1ab10a3e74405d7f3ae9c5436
-    only-arches: [arm64]
-commands:
-- mkdir -p /usr/bin
-- cp /sources/apx/apx*/apx /usr/bin/apx
-- chmod +x /usr/bin/apx
-modules:
-- name: distrobox
-  type: shell
-  sources:
-    - type: tar
-      url: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/archive/refs/tags/1.8.2.2.tar.gz
-      checksum: 0c797689c0b8c7c7c9fa53d1f5550657af95e64d8b8bbdc0fe374f341ebf6cd0
-  commands:
-  - mkdir -p /usr/share/apx
-  - cp -r /sources/distrobox/1.8.2.2/distrobox-1.8.2.2 /usr/share/apx/distrobox
-  - chmod +x /usr/share/apx/distrobox/distrobox*
-  - sed -E -i 's/.*printf "distrobox.*/echo apx \$(echo ${container_name} | sed "s|apx-||") enter/g' /usr/share/apx/distrobox/distrobox-create
-- name: apx-manpage
-  type: shell
-  sources:
-    - type: tar
-      url: https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx/releases/download/v2.5.0/apx-man.tar.gz
-      checksum: d92244c2b1bd8698e7a68311c6838cbcbfaa035bf73259b37f63f53405f26034
-  commands:
-  - mv /sources/apx-manpage/apx-man/man/man1/apx.1 /usr/share/man/man1/
diff --git a/modules/998-distrobox-symlink.yml b/modules/998-distrobox-symlink.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f9cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/998-distrobox-symlink.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# this module exists to allow legacy apx containers to locate distrobox executables
+name: distrobox-symlink
+type: shell
+commands:
+  - mkdir -p /usr/share/apx/distrobox
+  - ln -s /usr/bin/distrobox-init /usr/bin/distrobox-export /usr/bin/distrobox-host-exec /usr/share/apx/distrobox/
diff --git a/recipe.yml b/recipe.yml
index 2dcdc43..d4aea89 100644
--- a/recipe.yml
+++ b/recipe.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ stages:
     includes:
       - modules/00-vanilla-abroot.yml
       - modules/00-vanilla-base-files.yml
-      - modules/00-vanilla-apx.yml
-      - modules/00-vanilla-apx-stacks.yml
       - modules/01-kernel.yml
       - modules/02-kernel-version-file.yml
       - modules/03-fswarn.yml
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ stages:
       - modules/120-fingerprint.yml
       - modules/140-manpages.yml
       - modules/150-init-executable.yml
+      - modules/998-distrobox-symlink.yml
       - modules/998-podman-registry.yml
       - modules/999-replace-locale-gen.yml
       - modules/999-remove-grub-files.yml