diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-arago-base.bb b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-arago-base.bb
index 1971d45c..8b37aab9 100644
--- a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-arago-base.bb
+++ b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-arago-base.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ ARAGO_BASE = "\
     initscript-telnetd \
     systemd-telnetd \
     ethtool \
-    thermal-init \
     bash \
     opkg-bash-completion \
     udev-extraconf \
diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init.bb b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 56f1ba1a..00000000
--- a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Init script to enable cpu_thermal zones"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
-
-PR = "r1"
-
-SRC_URI = "file://init"
-
-INITSCRIPT_NAME = "thermal-zone-init"
-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 98"
-
-inherit update-rc.d
-
-do_install() {
-    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/${INITSCRIPT_NAME}
-}
-
-FILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir} ${bindir}"
diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init/init b/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init/init
deleted file mode 100644
index b7e8a36a..00000000
--- a/meta-arago-distro/recipes-core/thermal-init/thermal-init/init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ ! -d /sys/class/thermal ]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-case "$1" in
-    start )
-        echo "Enabling thermal zones..."
-        for i in /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/mode; do
-            echo enabled > $i
-        done
-    ;;
-    stop )
-        echo "Disabling thermal zones..."
-        for i in /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/mode; do
-            echo disabled > $i
-        done
-    ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0