diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
index 773f906815..869362688d 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/sleep.d/tvheadend.power
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$1" in
     if systemctl is-active "$SERVICE" &>/dev/null ; then
       systemctl stop "$SERVICE"
       for module in $REMOVE_MODULES ; do
-        rmmod -w $module
+        rmmod $module
       done
     fi
     ;;
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/sleep.d/vdr.power b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/sleep.d/vdr.power
index c35275568e..58f3fe77b9 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/sleep.d/vdr.power
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/sleep.d/vdr.power
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ case "$1" in
     if systemctl is-active "$SERVICE" &>/dev/null ; then
       systemctl stop "$SERVICE"
       for module in $REMOVE_MODULES ; do
-        rmmod -w $module
+        rmmod $module
       done
     fi
     ;;