diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/hooks/zfs.in b/contrib/initramfs/hooks/zfs.in
index bdf169fd96c2..9d5c397cf224 100755
--- a/contrib/initramfs/hooks/zfs.in
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/hooks/zfs.in
@@ -1,57 +1,56 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Add OpenZFS filesystem capabilities to an initrd, usually for a native ZFS root.
 #
 
 if [ "$1" = "prereqs" ]; then
 	echo "udev"
 	exit
 fi
 
 . /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
 
 for req in "@sbindir@/zpool" "@sbindir@/zfs" "@mounthelperdir@/mount.zfs"; do
 	copy_exec "$req" || {
 		echo "$req not available!" >&2
 		exit 2
 	}
 done
 
-copy_exec "@sbindir@/zdb"
 copy_exec "@udevdir@/vdev_id"
 copy_exec "@udevdir@/zvol_id"
 if command -v systemd-ask-password > /dev/null; then
 	copy_exec "$(command -v systemd-ask-password)"
 fi
 
 # We use pthreads, but i-t from buster doesn't automatically
 # copy this indirect dependency: this can be removed when buster finally dies.
 find /lib/ -type f -name "libgcc_s.so.[1-9]" | while read -r libgcc; do
 	copy_exec "$libgcc"
 done
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2050
 if [ @LIBFETCH_DYNAMIC@ != 0 ]; then
 	find /lib/ -name @LIBFETCH_SONAME@ | while read -r libfetch; do
 		copy_exec "$libfetch"
 	done
 fi
 
 copy_file config "/etc/hostid"
 copy_file cache  "@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache"
 copy_file config "@initconfdir@/zfs"
 copy_file config "@sysconfdir@/zfs/zfs-functions"
 copy_file config "@sysconfdir@/zfs/vdev_id.conf"
 copy_file rule   "@udevruledir@/60-zvol.rules"
 copy_file rule   "@udevruledir@/69-vdev.rules"
 
 manual_add_modules zfs
 
 if [ -f "/etc/hostname" ]; then
 	copy_file config "/etc/hostname"
 else
 	hostname="$(mktemp -t hostname.XXXXXXXXXX)"
 	hostname > "$hostname"
 	copy_file config "$hostname" "/etc/hostname"
 	rm -f "$hostname"
 fi