diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/passwd b/board/common/overlay/etc/passwd
deleted file mode 100644
index 70149c7bde..0000000000
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/passwd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
-daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
-bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
-sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
-sync:x:4:100:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
-mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/sh
-proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
-www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
-backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
-operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh
-haldaemon:x:68:68:hald:/:/bin/sh
-dbus:x:81:81:dbus:/var/run/dbus:/bin/sh
-ftp:x:83:83:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/sh
-sshd:x:103:99:sshd:/var:/bin/sh
-nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/home:/bin/sh
-admin:x:0:0::/root:/bin/sh