diff --git a/packages/network/samba/install b/packages/network/samba/install
index dcf78cc57d..ca9d740cf9 100755
--- a/packages/network/samba/install
+++ b/packages/network/samba/install
@@ -43,7 +43,4 @@ if [ "$SAMBA_SERVER" = "yes" ]; then
       mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/config
         cp $PKG_DIR/config/smb.conf $INSTALL/usr/config/samba.conf.sample
     fi
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/init.d
-    cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/* $INSTALL/etc/init.d
 fi
diff --git a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba b/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
deleted file mode 100644
index 4870ce39c8..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/samba/scripts/52_samba
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
-#      http://www.openelec.tv
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-# start Samba Server
-#
-# runlevels: openelec, textmode
-
-(
-  if [ -f /var/config/settings.conf ]; then
-    . /var/config/settings.conf
-
-    if [ "$SAMBA_START" = "true" ]; then
-
-    # sleep 10 sec to be ensure network is started
-      usleep 10000000
-
-      progress  "Starting Samba server"
-
-      SMB_USERCONF="/storage/.config/samba.conf"
-      SMB_DEFCONF="/etc/samba/smb.conf"
-      SMB_CONF="/var/run/smb.conf"
-
-      mkdir -p /var/run
-      if [ -f $SMB_USERCONF ]; then
-        cp $SMB_USERCONF $SMB_CONF
-      else
-        cp $SMB_DEFCONF $SMB_CONF
-      fi
-
-      # only letters & numbers permitted for username & password
-      SAMBA_USERNAME=`echo $SAMBA_USERNAME | sed "s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g;"`
-      SAMBA_PASSWORD=`echo $SAMBA_PASSWORD | sed "s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g;"`
-
-      if [ "$SAMBA_SECURITY" == "true" -a ! "$SAMBA_USERNAME" == "" -a ! "$SAMBA_PASSWORD" == "" ] ; then
-        # username map: first line makes sure plain root does not work all the time
-        # processing continues, so if user chooses root as username, second line overrides the first
-        # this is done always in case user uses passwords in userconf.
-        # many thanks to viljoviitanen for this
-        echo -e "$SAMBA_PASSWORD\n$SAMBA_PASSWORD" | smbpasswd -s -a root >/dev/null 2>&1
-        echo -e "nobody = root\nroot = $SAMBA_USERNAME" > /var/run/samba.map
-
-        # set public = no
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.public.=.*|  public = no |' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-        # remove username map (if any in userconfig)
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.username map.=.*||' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-        # set security = share, add username map
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.security.=.*|  security = user\n  username map = /var/run/samba.map|' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-      else
-        # set public = yes
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.public.=.*|  public = yes |' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-        # remove username map (if any in userconfig)
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.username map.=.*||' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-        # set security = share
-        sed -e 's|^.[ \t]*.security.=.*|  security = share|' $SMB_CONF > $SMB_CONF.tmp && \
-          mv $SMB_CONF.tmp $SMB_CONF
-      fi
-
-      SMB_ARG="--configfile=$SMB_CONF"
-      mkdir -p /var/log/samba
-      nmbd --daemon $SMB_ARG > /dev/null 2>&1
-      smbd --daemon $SMB_ARG > /dev/null 2>&1
-    fi
-  fi
-)&