diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
index b43352b52c..df6f3e0aa6 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/package.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,3 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="atvclient is a background application for Linux that reads input f
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
-
-post_install () {
-  enable_service atvclient.service
-}
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 5031f93b18..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/system.d/atvclient.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=ATV client remote support
-After=syslog.target
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/atvclient -m
-KillMode=process
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-