diff --git a/net/xinetd/Makefile b/net/xinetd/Makefile
index b63a0bcd9..a63a40b02 100644
--- a/net/xinetd/Makefile
+++ b/net/xinetd/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ endef
 
 define Package/xinetd/conffiles
 /etc/config/xinetd
-/etc/xinetd.d/
 endef
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -DNO_RPC