diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.displace b/debian/apparmor.d.displace
deleted file mode 100644
index ae7c01c7d..000000000
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.displace
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# apparmor.d - Full set of apparmor profiles
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-# This file is automatically edited by `make`, all edit will be lost.
diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.displace-extension b/debian/apparmor.d.displace-extension
deleted file mode 100644
index 84490da11..000000000
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.displace-extension
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.apparmor.d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/apparmor.d.hide b/debian/apparmor.d.hide
index c6a309e73..20725a133 100644
--- a/debian/apparmor.d.hide
+++ b/debian/apparmor.d.hide
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-# apparmor.d - Full set of apparmor profiles
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 Alexandre Pujol <alexandre@pujol.io>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-
-/etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox
-/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cups-browsed
-/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd
-/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.rsyslogd
+# This file is generated by "make", all edit will be lost.
diff --git a/dists/displace b/dists/overwrite
similarity index 96%
rename from dists/displace
rename to dists/overwrite
index b8e98ec69..fae2102a9 100644
--- a/dists/displace
+++ b/dists/overwrite
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # them by our own.
 # File format: one profile name by line.
 
-# This is managed globally in this file and not in debian/apparmor.d.displace as
+# This is managed globally in this file and not in debian/apparmor.d.hide as
 # it applies to all distributions using apparmor 4.0+
 
 brave
diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go b/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
index 1e211a96e..619255275 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/prepare.go
@@ -131,19 +131,17 @@ func Configure() ([]string, error) {
 	case "arch", "opensuse":
 
 	case "ubuntu":
-		debianDisplaceClean()
-		if needDisplace {
-			filesToDisplace := overwriteProfile(DistDir.Join("displace"))
-			if err := displaceFiles(filesToDisplace); err != nil {
-				return res, err
-			}
+		debianOverwriteClean()
+		if overwrite {
+			profiles := getOverwriteProfiles()
+			debianOverwrite(profiles)
 		} else {
 			if err := copyTo(DistDir.Join("ubuntu"), RootApparmord); err != nil {
 				return res, err
 			}
 		}
 	case "debian", "whonix":
-		debianDisplaceClean()
+		debianOverwriteClean()
 
 		// Copy Debian specific abstractions
 		if err := copyTo(DistDir.Join("ubuntu"), RootApparmord); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/prebuild/tools.go b/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
index 058d54455..0844c971c 100644
--- a/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
+++ b/pkg/prebuild/tools.go
@@ -91,36 +91,44 @@ func copyTo(src *paths.Path, dst *paths.Path) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Displace files in the package sources
-func displaceFiles(files []string) error {
+// Overwrite upstream profile: rename our profile & hide upstream
+func debianOverwrite(files []string) {
 	const ext = ".apparmor.d"
+	file, err := paths.New("debian/apparmor.d.hide").Append()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	for _, name := range files {
 		origin := RootApparmord.Join(name)
 		dest := RootApparmord.Join(name + ext)
 		if err := origin.Rename(dest); err != nil {
-			return err
+			panic(err)
 		}
-		file, err := paths.New("debian/apparmor.d.displace").Append()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if _, err := file.WriteString("/etc/apparmor.d/" + name + ext + "\n"); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if _, err := file.WriteString("/etc/apparmor.d/" + name + "\n"); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
-// Clean the debian/displace file
-func debianDisplaceClean() {
-	if _, err := paths.New("debian/apparmor.d.displace").Create(); err != nil {
+// Clean the debian/apparmor.d.hide file
+func debianOverwriteClean() {
+	const debianHide = `# This file is generated by "make", all edit will be lost.
+
+/etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox
+/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cups-browsed
+/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd
+/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.rsyslogd
+`
+	path := paths.New("debian/apparmor.d.hide")
+	if err := path.WriteFile([]byte(debianHide)); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func overwriteProfile(path *paths.Path) []string {
+// Get the list of upstream profiles to overwrite from dist/overwrite
+func getOverwriteProfiles() []string {
 	res := []string{}
-	lines, err := path.ReadFileAsLines()
+	lines, err := DistDir.Join("overwrite").ReadFileAsLines()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}