diff --git a/target/linux/rockchip/image/armv8.mk b/target/linux/rockchip/image/armv8.mk
index b5d2019fd4..8e4ba07e0b 100644
--- a/target/linux/rockchip/image/armv8.mk
+++ b/target/linux/rockchip/image/armv8.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ define Device/friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s
   SOC := rk3328
   UBOOT_DEVICE_NAME := nanopi-r2s-rk3328
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.img.gz := boot-common | boot-script nanopi-r2s | pine64-img | gzip | append-metadata
-  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb-net kmod-usb-net-rtl8152 irqbalance
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb-net kmod-usb-net-rtl8152
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s