diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/init.d/32_lirc b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/init.d/32_lirc
index 491eef647b..a20fcef27e 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/init.d/32_lirc
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/init.d/32_lirc
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "lirc" ]; then
   LIRC_OUTPUT="/dev/lircd"
 
   $IONICE mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
-  lircd -u --driver=$LIRC_DRIVER --device=$LIRC_DEVICE --output=$LIRC_OUTPUT
+  lircd --driver=$LIRC_DRIVER --device=$LIRC_DEVICE --output=$LIRC_OUTPUT
 
 fi