diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/rcS b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/rcS
deleted file mode 100755
index 9599bbf32e..0000000000
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/rcS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-
-LOGGER="cat"
-[ -x /usr/bin/logger ] && LOGGER="logger -p 6 -t sysinit"
-
-for i in /etc/rc.d/$1*; do
-	[ -x $i ] && $i $2 2>&1
-done | $LOGGER