diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
index cb050e58ac..3c6be3d8ba 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/lircd_helper $INSTALL/usr/lib/libreelec
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/lircd_uinput_helper $INSTALL/usr/lib/libreelec
 
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/udev
-    cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/lircd_wakeup_enable $INSTALL/usr/lib/udev
-
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/services
     cp -P $PKG_DIR/default.d/*.conf $INSTALL/usr/share/services
 }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/scripts/lircd_wakeup_enable b/packages/sysutils/lirc/scripts/lircd_wakeup_enable
deleted file mode 100755
index fb2203dce3..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/scripts/lircd_wakeup_enable
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-################################################################################
-# wakeup_enable
-################################################################################
-
-devpath=`readlink -f "/sys/${DEVPATH}"`
-while echo "${devpath}" | grep -q '^/sys/devices/' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do
-    if test -e "${devpath}/power/wakeup" ; then
-        state=`cat "${devpath}/power/wakeup"`
-        if test "x${state}" = "xdisabled" ; then
-            echo "enabled" > "${devpath}/power/wakeup"
-        fi
-    fi
-    devpath=`dirname "${devpath}"`
-done
-
-exit 0