diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
index a11518a7f9..1689c11776 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
-    progress "stopping ATVclient"
-      killall atvclient
     ;;
 esac