diff --git a/develop/subversion/subversion.conf b/develop/subversion/subversion.conf
index f288fa3d2..287ffcd63 100644
--- a/develop/subversion/subversion.conf
+++ b/develop/subversion/subversion.conf
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ svn_inst_rb() {
         make install-swig-rb
 }
 
-hook_add postmake 3 "install_init svnserve $confdir/svnserve.init"
 hook_add postmake 4 "cp -vrf tools $docdir"
 
 # if swig is present build and install the perl and python bindings
@@ -86,4 +85,3 @@ if pkginstalled bdb; then
 else
 	var_append extraconfopt " " "--without-berkeley-db"
 fi
-