diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index 240cf3199a..d50abb1bb9 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ makeinstall_init() {
     touch $INSTALL/etc/fstab
     ln -sf /proc/self/mounts $INSTALL/etc/mtab
 
-    if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/initramfs/initramfs.conf ]; then
-      cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/initramfs/initramfs.conf $INSTALL/etc
-    fi
-
   cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/init $INSTALL
   chmod 755 $INSTALL/init
 }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index d1cb87a355..1c1e3005fa 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
   INSTALLED_MEMORY=`cat /proc/meminfo | grep 'MemTotal:' | awk '{print $2}'`
   SYSTEM_TORAM_LIMIT=1024000
 
-  # load any configuration
-  if [ -f "/etc/initramfs.conf" ]; then
-    . /etc/initramfs.conf
-  fi
-
   # hide kernel log messages on console
   echo '1 4 1 7' > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/initramfs/initramfs.conf b/projects/RPi/initramfs/initramfs.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index c5c70d1494..0000000000
--- a/projects/RPi/initramfs/initramfs.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# min size to support System to RAM
-# default for RaspberryPi we set to 356MB (256MB + appr. image size (100MB) )
-# to be sure we have at least 256MB free
-  SYSTEM_TORAM_LIMIT=364544