diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/apache2-common b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/apache2-common
index dd36b64c9..3444cff20 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/apache2-common
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/apache2-common
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   /usr/share/apache2/** r,
 
   # changehat itself
-  /proc/*/attr/current                        w,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/attr/current                        w,
 
   # htaccess files - for what ever it is worth
   /**/.htaccess            r,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/apache2.d/phpsysinfo b/profiles/apparmor.d/apache2.d/phpsysinfo
index deaa32077..9ab229cc4 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/apache2.d/phpsysinfo
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/apache2.d/phpsysinfo
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     /etc/lsb-release r,
     /etc/mtab r,
     /etc/phpsysinfo/config.php r,
-    /proc/** r,
+    @{PROC}/** r,
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/ r,
     /sys/devices/** r,
     /usr/bin/apt-cache ixr,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dovecot-auth b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dovecot-auth
index e4daf048f..768981af3 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dovecot-auth
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.lib.dovecot.dovecot-auth
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   capability chown,
   capability dac_override,
 
-  /proc/*/mounts r,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/mounts r,
   /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-auth mr,
   /{,var/}run/dovecot/** rw,
   # required for postfix+dovecot integration
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.avahi-daemon b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.avahi-daemon
index 7775bc7fe..95c8be809 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.avahi-daemon
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.avahi-daemon
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   /etc/avahi/hosts r,
   /etc/avahi/services/ r,
   /etc/avahi/services/*.service r,
-  /proc/*/fd/ r,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/fd/ r,
   /usr/sbin/avahi-daemon mr,
   /usr/share/avahi/introspection/*.introspect r,
   /usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.Avahi.*.xml r,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.nmbd b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.nmbd
index 8fe22a848..5758d9928 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.nmbd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.nmbd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   capability net_bind_service,
 
-  /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern r,
+  @{PROC}/sys/kernel/core_pattern r,
 
   /usr/sbin/nmbd mr,
 
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
index d0282189c..029be92b2 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.smbd
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
   /etc/netgroup r,
   /etc/printcap r,
   /etc/samba/* rwk,
-  /proc/*/mounts r,
-  /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern r,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/mounts r,
+  @{PROC}/sys/kernel/core_pattern r,
   /usr/lib*/samba/vfs/*.so mr,
   /usr/lib*/samba/charset/*.so mr,
   /usr/lib*/samba/auth/script.so mr,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.cupsd b/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.cupsd
index 4027b11eb..233f47fc2 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.cupsd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.cupsd
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
   /etc/cups/yes/* rw,
   /etc/hosts.allow r,
   /etc/hosts.deny r,
-  /proc/meminfo r,
-  /proc/sys/dev/parport/** r,
+  @{PROC}/meminfo r,
+  @{PROC}/sys/dev/parport/** r,
   /sys/class/usb r,
   /usr/bin/perl ix,
   /usr/bin/smbspool ixr,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.sshd b/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.sshd
index 393454126..177eccad1 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.sshd
+++ b/profiles/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.sshd
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
   /etc/hosts.deny r,
   /etc/modules.conf r,
   /etc/ssh/* r,
-  /proc/*/oom_adj rw,
-  /proc/*/oom_score_adj rw,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/oom_adj rw,
+  @{PROC}/[0-9]*/oom_score_adj rw,
   /usr/sbin/sshd mrix,
   /var/log/btmp r,
   /{,var/}run w,