diff --git a/components-rs/sidecar.rs b/components-rs/sidecar.rs
index 7835fdb3bb..e96cdc80e2 100644
--- a/components-rs/sidecar.rs
+++ b/components-rs/sidecar.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,19 @@ lazy_static! {
     static ref APPSEC_CONFIG: Mutex<Option<AppSecConfig>> = Mutex::new(None);
 }
 
+// Records the appsec helper configuration to be handed to the sidecar.
+//
 // must be called prior to ddog_sidecar_connect
+//
+// Note: `shared_lib_path`, `socket_file_path` and `lock_file_path` are currently
+// ignored. libdatadog dropped them from `AppSecConfig` when the sidecar stopped
+// launching the helper itself (injecting the helper shared object into the
+// daemon and calling `appsec_helper_main` through `dlsym`). The helper is now
+// expected to be linked into whoever embeds the sidecar and to register itself
+// with `datadog_sidecar::appsec::register_backend_factory`, with the extension
+// talking to it over the sidecar transport instead of its own unix socket. The
+// C parameters are kept because that migration needs them; see
+// `tmp/REPORT.md`.
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn ddog_sidecar_enable_appsec(
     shared_lib_path: CharSlice,
@@ -65,31 +77,27 @@ pub extern "C" fn ddog_sidecar_enable_appsec(
     log_level: CharSlice,
 ) -> () {
     let mut appsec_config_guard = APPSEC_CONFIG.lock().unwrap();
-    let shared_lib_path_os: std::ffi::OsString;
-    let socket_file_path_os: std::ffi::OsString;
-    let lock_file_path_os: std::ffi::OsString;
     let log_file_path_os: std::ffi::OsString;
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-        shared_lib_path_os = OsStr::from_bytes(shared_lib_path.as_bytes()).to_owned();
-        socket_file_path_os = OsStr::from_bytes(socket_file_path.as_bytes()).to_owned();
-        lock_file_path_os = OsStr::from_bytes(lock_file_path.as_bytes()).to_owned();
         log_file_path_os = OsStr::from_bytes(log_file_path.as_bytes()).to_owned();
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
-        shared_lib_path_os = OsStr::new(&*shared_lib_path.to_utf8_lossy()).to_owned();
-        socket_file_path_os = OsStr::new(&*socket_file_path.to_utf8_lossy()).to_owned();
-        lock_file_path_os = OsStr::new(&*lock_file_path.to_utf8_lossy()).to_owned();
         log_file_path_os = OsStr::new(&*log_file_path.to_utf8_lossy()).to_owned();
     }
 
+    warn!(
+        "The sidecar no longer starts the appsec helper: helper {} will not be loaded and no one \
+         will be listening on {}",
+        shared_lib_path.to_utf8_lossy(),
+        socket_file_path.to_utf8_lossy(),
+    );
+    let _ = lock_file_path;
+
     appsec_config_guard.deref_mut().replace(AppSecConfig {
-        shared_lib_path: shared_lib_path_os,
-        socket_file_path: socket_file_path_os,
-        lock_file_path: lock_file_path_os,
         log_file_path: log_file_path_os,
         log_level: log_level.to_utf8_lossy().to_string(),
     });
diff --git a/libdatadog b/libdatadog
index 0c0c60b968..7327f3049c 160000
--- a/libdatadog
+++ b/libdatadog
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0c0c60b968e7f4f2f6e43fffc3f7a1710c1eade5
+Subproject commit 7327f3049c281090f7cce7830b9430206fba11cf