diff --git a/packages/linux/unpack b/packages/linux/unpack
index 10beb98aaa..9621709a31 100755
--- a/packages/linux/unpack
+++ b/packages/linux/unpack
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$ROOT/$BUILD
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_SWAP=.*$|# CONFIG_SWAP is not set|" $LINUX/.config
   fi
 
-# dont install some debug stuff on release builds
-  if [ ! "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
-    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=.*$|# CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is not set|" $LINUX/.config
-#    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_NET_SCHED=.*$|# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set|" $LINUX/.config
-#    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_NET_SCH_NETEM=.*$|# CONFIG_NET_SCH_NETEM is not set|" $LINUX/.config
-  fi
-
 # copy some extra firmware to linux tree
   cp -R $PKG_DIR/firmware/* $LINUX/firmware