diff --git a/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk b/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
index a5d8db7e9a..cfee155570 100644
--- a/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
+++ b/package/initscripts/initscripts.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# source included in buildroot
-INITSCRIPTS_SOURCE =
-
 define INITSCRIPTS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	mkdir -p  $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/initscripts/init.d/* $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/