diff --git a/mirrord/agent/Dockerfile b/mirrord/agent/Dockerfile
index 8fa93bafeb0..83c97871cae 100644
--- a/mirrord/agent/Dockerfile
+++ b/mirrord/agent/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@ RUN cp /app/target/$(cat /.platform)/release/mirrord-agent /mirrord-agent
 
 FROM ghcr.io/metalbear-co/ci-agent-runtime:latest
 COPY --from=builder /mirrord-agent /
-RUN apt install -y kmod
 
 CMD ["./mirrord-agent"]
diff --git a/mirrord/agent/src/steal/ip_tables.rs b/mirrord/agent/src/steal/ip_tables.rs
index 7912804e499..68bddb6a406 100644
--- a/mirrord/agent/src/steal/ip_tables.rs
+++ b/mirrord/agent/src/steal/ip_tables.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
-    process::Command,
     sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
 };
 
@@ -119,14 +118,6 @@ pub fn new_ip6tables() -> iptables::IPTables {
     {
         iptables::new_with_cmd("/usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft")
     } else {
-        let output = Command::new("/usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy")
-            .arg("--version")
-            .output()
-            .unwrap()
-            .stdout;
-        let version = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output);
-        tracing::info!("Using ip6tables-legacy, version: {version}");
-
         iptables::new_with_cmd("/usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy")
     }
     .expect("IPTables initialization may not fail!")
diff --git a/mirrord/agent/src/steal/subscriptions.rs b/mirrord/agent/src/steal/subscriptions.rs
index a348f1c8424..0468719bc9c 100644
--- a/mirrord/agent/src/steal/subscriptions.rs
+++ b/mirrord/agent/src/steal/subscriptions.rs
@@ -79,42 +79,6 @@ impl PortRedirector for IptablesListener {
         } else {
             let safe = crate::steal::ip_tables::SafeIpTables::create(
                 if self.ipv6 {
-                    std::process::Command::new("modprobe")
-                        .arg("ip6table_nat")
-                        .output()
-                        .map_err(|e| {
-                            tracing::warn!(%e, "manual modprobe ip6_tables failed");
-                            AgentError::IPTablesError(format!(
-                                "manual modprobe ip6table_nat failed: {e:?}"
-                            ))
-                        })?;
-                    std::process::Command::new("modprobe")
-                        .arg("ip6_tables")
-                        .output()
-                        .map_err(|e| {
-                            tracing::warn!(%e, "manual modprobe ip6_tables failed");
-                            AgentError::IPTablesError(format!(
-                                "manual modprobe ip6_tables failed: {e:?}"
-                            ))
-                        })?;
-                    std::process::Command::new("modprobe")
-                        .arg("nf_nat_ipv6")
-                        .output()
-                        .map_err(|e| {
-                            tracing::warn!(%e, "manual modprobe ip6_tables failed");
-                            AgentError::IPTablesError(format!(
-                                "manual modprobe nf_nat_ipv6 failed: {e:?}"
-                            ))
-                        })?;
-                    std::process::Command::new("modprobe")
-                        .arg("nf_conntrack_ipv6")
-                        .output()
-                        .map_err(|e| {
-                            tracing::warn!(%e, "manual modprobe ip6_tables failed");
-                            AgentError::IPTablesError(format!(
-                                "manual modprobe nf_conntrack_ipv6 failed: {e:?}"
-                            ))
-                        })?;
                     new_ip6tables()
                 } else {
                     new_iptables()