diff --git a/packages/network/nfs-utils/init.d/05_nfsutils b/packages/network/nfs-utils/init.d/05_nfsutils
deleted file mode 100644
index 48aeaf3924..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/nfs-utils/init.d/05_nfsutils
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
-#      http://www.openelec.tv
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-# create directories needed for nfs-utils
-#
-# runlevels: openelec, textmode
-
-(
-  progress "create directories needed for nfs-utils"
-
-    install -m 755 -o rpcuser -g rpcuser -d /var/lib/nfs
-    install -m 755 -o rpcuser -g rpcuser -d /var/lib/nfs/sm
-    install -m 755 -o rpcuser -g rpcuser -d /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak
-    touch /var/lib/nfs/etab && chown rpcuser:rpcuser /var/lib/nfs/etab
-    touch /var/lib/nfs/rmtab && chown rpcuser:rpcuser /var/lib/nfs/rmtab
-    touch /var/lib/nfs/state && chown rpcuser:rpcuser /var/lib/nfs/state
-    touch /var/lib/nfs/xtab && chown rpcuser:rpcuser /var/lib/nfs/xtab
-)&
diff --git a/packages/network/nfs-utils/install b/packages/network/nfs-utils/install
index e5dd29e39c..acde9ddb41 100755
--- a/packages/network/nfs-utils/install
+++ b/packages/network/nfs-utils/install
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-add_user rpcuser x 29 29 "RPC Service User" "/var/lib/nfs" "/bin/sh"
-add_group rpcuser 29
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
   cp $PKG_BUILD/utils/mount/mount.nfs $INSTALL/sbin/
     ln -sf mount.nfs $INSTALL/sbin/mount.nfs4
diff --git a/packages/network/nfs-utils/meta b/packages/network/nfs-utils/meta
index 22eb91f855..924dad4891 100644
--- a/packages/network/nfs-utils/meta
+++ b/packages/network/nfs-utils/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://nfs.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/nfs/nfs-utils/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="libevent libnfsidmap libtirpc portmap util-linux"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libevent libnfsidmap libtirpc util-linux"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libevent libnfsidmap libtirpc util-linux"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"