diff --git a/src/pins/tang/tests/meson.build b/src/pins/tang/tests/meson.build
index 83f96372..af3946c3 100644
--- a/src/pins/tang/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/pins/tang/tests/meson.build
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ kgen = find_program(
   join_paths('/', 'usr', get_option('libexecdir'), 'tangd-keygen'),
   required: false
 )
-updt = find_program(
-  join_paths(libexecdir, 'tangd-update'),
-  join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), 'tangd-update'),
-  join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'), 'tangd-update'),
-  join_paths('/', 'usr', get_option('libdir'), 'tangd-update'),
-  join_paths('/', 'usr', get_option('libexecdir'), 'tangd-update'),
-  required: false
-)
 tang = find_program(
   join_paths(libexecdir, 'tangd'),
   join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), 'tangd'),
@@ -28,7 +20,6 @@ socat = find_program('socat', required: false)
 tang_data = configuration_data()
 tang_data.set('SOCAT', '')
 tang_data.set('TANGD_KEYGEN', '')
-tang_data.set('TANGD_UPDATE', '')
 tang_data.set('TANGD', '')
 
 if socat.found()
@@ -43,10 +34,6 @@ if tang.found()
   tang_data.set('TANGD', tang.path())
 endif
 
-if updt.found()
-  tang_data.set('TANGD_UPDATE', updt.path())
-endif
-
 tang_tests_common = configure_file(
   input: 'tang-common-test-functions.in',
   output: 'tang-common-test-functions',
diff --git a/src/pins/tang/tests/tang-common-test-functions.in b/src/pins/tang/tests/tang-common-test-functions.in
index 38cbab37..3d13194a 100644
--- a/src/pins/tang/tests/tang-common-test-functions.in
+++ b/src/pins/tang/tests/tang-common-test-functions.in
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 SOCAT="@SOCAT@"
 TANGD_KEYGEN="@TANGD_KEYGEN@"
-TANGD_UPDATE="@TANGD_UPDATE@"
 TANGD="@TANGD@"
 
 tang_error() {
@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@ tang_remove_rotated_keys() {
     pushd "${db}"
         find . -name ".*.jwk" -exec rm -f {} \;
     popd
-
-    [ -n "${TANGD_UPDATE}" ] && "${TANGD_UPDATE}" "${db}" "${basedir}/cache"
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ tang_new_keys() {
     fi
 
     "${TANGD_KEYGEN}" "${db}" ${sig_name} ${exc_name}
-    [ -n "${TANGD_UPDATE}" ] && "${TANGD_UPDATE}" "${db}" "${basedir}/cache"
 
     return 0
 }
@@ -152,8 +148,7 @@ tang_run() {
         tang_error "Error creating new keys for tang server"
     fi
 
-    local KEYS="${basedir}/cache"
-    [ -z "${TANGD_UPDATE}" ] && KEYS="${basedir}/db"
+    local KEYS="${basedir}/db"
 
     local pid pidfile portfile
     pidfile="${basedir}/tang.pid"