diff --git a/hooks/post_checkout b/hooks/post_checkout
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-#!/bin/bash
-# downloads a local copy of qemu on docker-hub build machines
-curl -L https://github.com/balena-io/qemu/releases/download/v3.0.0%2Bresin/qemu-3.0.0+resin-arm.tar.gz | tar zxvf - -C . && mv qemu-3.0.0+resin-arm/qemu-arm-static .
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diff --git a/hooks/pre_build b/hooks/pre_build
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Register qemu-*-static for all supported processors except the 
-# current one, but also remove all registered binfmt_misc before
-docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset
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