diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
index 7267c652b3..d74710d4ff 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/62_eventlircd
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
-    progress "starting eventlircd"
-      killall eventlircd
     ;;
 esac