diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 84ee3eb5b9..38fac29265 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -195,6 +195,4 @@ makeinstall_init() {
 post_install() {
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/firmware/
     ln -sf /storage/.config/firmware/ $INSTALL/lib/firmware/updates
-
-  enable_service cpufreq-threshold.service
 }
diff --git a/packages/linux/system.d/cpufreq-threshold.service b/packages/linux/system.d/cpufreq-threshold.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bebb4e262..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux/system.d/cpufreq-threshold.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Set ondemand threshold
-DefaultDependencies=false
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c 'echo 50 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold'
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=basic.target
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 1b2a9b4e27..1afea77dfc 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
   # hide kernel log messages on console
   echo '1 4 1 7' > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
 
+  # set ondemand up_threshold
+  if [ -e /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold ] ; then
+    echo 50 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
+  fi
+
   # run platform_init script if exists
   if [ -f "./platform_init" ]; then
     ./platform_init