diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
index 9e39b10c09..78796a40b7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/61_irserver
@@ -43,7 +43,5 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
-    progress "Stopping IRtrans daemon"
-      killall irserver
     ;;
 esac