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