diff --git a/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt b/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
index 1e57e332..c1b08ede 100644
--- a/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
+++ b/refpolicy/policy/support/misc_macros.spt
@@ -43,13 +43,7 @@ define(`gen_context',`$1`'ifdef(`enable_mls',`:$2')`'ifdef(`enable_mcs',`:s0`'if
 #
 # can_exec(domain,executable)
 #
-define(`can_exec',`
-	gen_require(`
-		class file { rx_file_perms execute_no_trans };
-	')
-
-	allow $1 $2:file { rx_file_perms execute_no_trans };
-')
+define(`can_exec',`allow $1 $2:file { rx_file_perms execute_no_trans };')
 
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