diff --git a/luci.mk b/luci.mk
index 636cf316ec..fb49da0eee 100644
--- a/luci.mk
+++ b/luci.mk
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ endef
 
 ifndef Package/$(PKG_NAME)/postinst
 define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/postinst
-[ -n "$${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ] || {$(foreach script,$(LUCI_DEFAULTS),
-	(. /etc/uci-defaults/$(script)) && rm -f /etc/uci-defaults/$(script))
+[ -n "$${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ] || { \
 	rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache
 	rm -rf /tmp/luci-modulecache/
 	killall -HUP rpcd 2>/dev/null