diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
index 4bac1041d96..66bdf95de01 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
@@ -260,16 +260,6 @@ do_save_conffiles() {
 			\) | sed -e 's,.*/,,;s/\.control /\t/' > "$dir/${INSTALLED_PACKAGES}"
 	fi
 
-	mkdir -p $dir/etc/uci-defaults/
-	touch $dir/etc/uci-defaults/10_disable_services
-	for service in /etc/init.d/*; do
-		if ! $service enabled; then
-			echo "$service disable" >> $dir/etc/uci-defaults/10_disable_services
-		fi
-	done
-	echo "exit 0" >> $dir/etc/uci-defaults/10_disable_services
-	echo "/etc/uci-defaults/10_disable_services" >> "$CONFFILES"
-
 	v "Saving config files..."
 	[ "$VERBOSE" -gt 1 ] && TAR_V="v" || TAR_V=""
 	sed -i -e 's,^/,,' "$CONFFILES"