diff --git a/base/etc/init/01-motd b/base/etc/init/01-motd
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c6d5aac..00000000
--- a/base/etc/init/01-motd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Name=motd
-Description=Show the message of the day to the user.
-Command=/usr/bin/cat /etc/motd
-Wait=true
diff --git a/base/etc/init/98-listen b/base/etc/init/98-listen
deleted file mode 100644
index a27cf204..00000000
--- a/base/etc/init/98-listen
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Name=listen
-Description=Start a Unix domain socket test server.
-Command=/usr/bin/socket-test
-StandardOutput=/dev/uart0
-StandardError=/dev/uart0
-Restart=true