diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-init.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-init.conf
index 2d217b216c..2fa3a4773a 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-init.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox-init.conf
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_HELPERS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_CIFS=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_CIFS is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FSTAB is not set
 CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT=y
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 1c1e3005fa..625f49480c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       boot=*)
         boot="${arg#*=}"
         case $boot in
-          CIFS=*|SMB=*|ISCSI=*|NBD=*|NFS=*)
+          ISCSI=*|NBD=*|NFS=*)
             UPDATE_DISABLED=yes
             FLASH_NETBOOT=yes
             ;;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       disk=*)
         disk="${arg#*=}"
         case $disk in
-          CIFS=*|SMB=*|ISCSI=*|NBD=*|NFS=*)
+          ISCSI=*|NBD=*|NFS=*)
             STORAGE_NETBOOT=yes
             ;;
           /dev/*|LABEL=*|UUID=*)
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@
     [ "$ERR_ENV" -ne "0" ] && error "mount_common" "Could not mount $1"
   }
 
-  mount_cifs() {
-    # Mount CIFS (Samba) share
-    CIFS_SHARE="${1%%,*}"
-    CIFS_OPTIONS="${1#*,}"
-    [ "$CIFS_OPTIONS" = "$1" ] && CIFS_OPTIONS=
-
-    mount_common "$CIFS_SHARE" "$2" "$3,$CIFS_OPTIONS" "cifs"
-  }
-
   get_iscsistart_options() {
     # Convert kernel commandline ISCSI= options to iscsistart options
     IFS_SAVE="$IFS"
@@ -299,9 +290,6 @@
         MOUNT_CMD="mount_common"
         MOUNT_TARGET="$1"
         ;;
-      CIFS=*|SMB=*)
-        MOUNT_CMD="mount_cifs"
-        ;;
       ISCSI=*)
         MOUNT_CMD="mount_iscsi"
         ;;