diff --git a/install_base.sh b/install_base.sh
index dfc2254b6d9842a6167237fed355a9c5dff83b19..bd1b4baedd01dbc5dc7e452a3d19569c1ce0fe3d 100755
--- a/install_base.sh
+++ b/install_base.sh
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ for arg in "${args[@]}"; do
     "--install-kernel-build-dependencies" | "--install-all")
         apt_packages+=(build-essential gcc bc bison flex libssl-dev libncurses5-dev libelf-dev pahole)
 
-        # For the LISA kernel module
-        apt_packages+=(jq)
-
         handled=1
         ;;&
 
diff --git a/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/Makefile b/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/Makefile
index 550b8698fbf812b8a9fcc7e4d0fd26b42be4fa33..d5a9369020a08d36bc54bda55fc9e86b8ff521cc 100644
--- a/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/Makefile
+++ b/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/Makefile
@@ -111,11 +111,10 @@ $(RUST_OBJECT): $(RUST_TARGET_DIR)
 	cd $(RUST_SRC) && $(call cargo_cmd,rustdoc --target-dir $(RUST_TARGET_DIR) -- -Zunstable-options --output-format json)
 
 	# Get the list of exported symbols (pub with #[no_mangle] attribute) from the rustdoc JSON
-	cat $(RUST_TARGET_DIR)/doc/lisakmod.json | jq '.index[] | select(.attrs[] | contains("#[no_mangle]")) | .name' -r > $(RUST_SYMBOLS)
+	python3 "$(MODULE_SRC)/rustdoc_symbols.py" --rustdoc-json $(RUST_TARGET_DIR)/doc/lisakmod.json  --out-symbols-plain $(RUST_SYMBOLS) --out-symbols-lds $(RUST_SYMBOLS_LDS)
 	cat $(RUST_SYMBOLS)
 
 	# Prelink the archive into a single object file.
-	sed -ne 's/\(.*\)/EXTERN(\1)/p' $(RUST_SYMBOLS) > $(RUST_SYMBOLS_LDS)
 	$(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) --gc-sections -T $(RUST_SYMBOLS_LDS) -nostdlib -r -o $(RUST_OBJECT) --whole-archive $(RUST_TARGET_DIR)/target/release/liblisakmod.a
 
 	# Only keep as GLOBAL symbols the ones that are to be exported (and the
diff --git a/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/rustdoc_symbols.py b/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/rustdoc_symbols.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5672526166b04f8f4ad262ad685631d5c9a9ba4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lisa/_assets/kmodules/lisa/rustdoc_symbols.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023, Arm Limited and contributors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("""
+    Parse the JSON output of rustdoc --output-format=json and extract the
+    exported C symbols.
+    """)
+
+    parser.add_argument('--rustdoc-json', help='JSON file to parse', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--out-symbols-plain', help='File to write the symbol list, one per line')
+    parser.add_argument('--out-symbols-lds', help='File to write the symbol list as a linker script, one symbol per line in an EXTERN(symbol) command')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    path = Path(args.rustdoc_json)
+
+    with open(path, 'r') as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+
+    items = [
+        item
+        for item in data['index'].values()
+        if '#[no_mangle]' in item['attrs']
+    ]
+    symbols = sorted(
+        item['name']
+        for item in items
+    )
+
+    if (path := args.out_symbols_plain):
+        content = '\n'.join(symbols) + '\n'
+        Path(path).write_text(content)
+
+    if (path := args.out_symbols_lds):
+        content = '\n'.join((
+            f'EXTERN({sym})'
+            for sym in symbols
+        )) + '\n'
+        Path(path).write_text(content)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lisa/_kmod.py b/lisa/_kmod.py
index b2a7f0f240e319607f57534be2ace5e5abff0357..1e70d301577fc0b7cf27d586133a86f0be3e9431 100644
--- a/lisa/_kmod.py
+++ b/lisa/_kmod.py
@@ -435,9 +435,6 @@ def _make_build_chroot(cc, cross_compile, abi, bind_paths=None, version=None, ov
                 'perl',
                 'pahole',
                 'git',
-
-                # This is needed by the LISA kernel module
-                'jq',
             ]
 
             if is_clang(cc):