diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/05_fix-compat-version b/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/05_fix-compat-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b9dd4e0280..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/05_fix-compat-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-. /lib/functions.sh
-
-case "$(board_name)" in
-	linksys,ea7500-v1|\
-	linksys,ea8500)
-		uci set system.@system[0].compat_version="2.0"
-		uci commit system
-	;;
-esac
-
-exit 0