diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/init.d/cpufreq b/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/init.d/cpufreq
deleted file mode 100755
index 19278902ed..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/init.d/cpufreq
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-
-START=15
-
-boot() {
-  local governor
-
-  governor=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_governor)
-
-  if [ "$governor" = "ondemand" ]; then
-    # Effective only with ondemand
-    echo 600000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/scaling_min_freq
-    echo 600000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy1/scaling_min_freq
-    echo 10 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor
-    echo 50 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
-  fi
-}