diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index f0000293ab..5ad94b0d19 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ vdr.stop
 rm -rf "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" &>/dev/null
 
 if [ ! "$(pidof vdr.bin)" ];then
-  if [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
-    rm -rf "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE"
-  fi
   while [ true ] ; do
     while [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE_SLEEP" ] ; do
       usleep 100000