diff --git a/packages/sysutils/udev/init.d/11_udevd b/packages/sysutils/udev/init.d/11_udevd
index 95f15c296b..b7dd6cca65 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/udev/init.d/11_udevd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/udev/init.d/11_udevd
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ case $RUNLEVEL in
     ;;
 
   poweroff|reboot)
-    progress "stopping udev daemon"
-      killall udevd
     ;;
 esac