diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
index 6fced7d1e2..ff6ccbade5 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init
@@ -481,11 +481,6 @@
   check_update() {
     progress "Checking for updates"
 
-    # check for ATV1 mach-o-kernel
-    if [ -f "/flash/com.apple.Boot.plist" -a -f "/flash/boot.efi" ]; then
-      UPDATE_KERNEL="MACH_KERNEL"
-    fi
-
     UPDATE_TAR=`ls -1 "$UPDATE_DIR"/*.tar 2>/dev/null | head -n 1`
     if [ -f "$UPDATE_DIR/$UPDATE_KERNEL" -a -f "$UPDATE_DIR/$UPDATE_SYSTEM" -o -f "$UPDATE_TAR" ] ; then
       if [ "$UPDATE_DISABLED" = "yes" ] ; then