diff --git a/base/runit/forced_reboot.patch b/base/runit/forced_reboot.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 32173ad05..000000000
--- a/base/runit/forced_reboot.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../runit/forced_reboot.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- runit-1.3.1/package/commands	2005-08-24 22:14:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ runit-1.3.1/package/commands	2006-04-09 00:47:27.000000000 +0200
-@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
- svwaitdown
- svwaitup
- utmpset
-+forced_reboot
-diff -Nudr admin.orig/runit-1.3.1/src/forced.c admin/runit-1.3.1/src/forced.c
---- runit-1.3.1/src/forced_reboot.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ runit-1.3.1/src/forced_reboot.c	2006-04-09 00:45:35.000000000 +0200
-@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
-+#include <unistd.h>
-+#include "reboot_system.h"
-+#include "strerr.h"
-+
-+#ifndef RB_AUTOBOOT
-+#error "RB_AUTOBOOT undefined"
-+#endif
-+
-+int r =0;
-+
-+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-+	char *progname;
-+	sync();
-+	if ((progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) == NULL)
-+		progname = argv[0];
-+	else
-+		progname++;
-+
-+	if (strcmp(progname,"forced_reboot")==0)
-+        	r =reboot_system(RB_AUTOBOOT);
-+	else {
-+#ifdef RB_POWER_OFF
-+		r =reboot_system(RB_POWER_OFF);
-+		if (r) strerr_die2sys(100, *argv, ": fatal: ");
-+#endif
-+#ifdef RB_HALT_SYSTEM
-+		r =reboot_system(RB_HALT_SYSTEM);
-+#else
-+#   ifdef RB_HALT
-+		r =reboot_system(RB_HALT);
-+#   else
-+		r =reboot_system(RB_AUTOBOOT);
-+#   endif
-+#endif
-+	        }
-+	if (r) strerr_die2sys(100, *argv, ": fatal: ");
-+		_exit(0);
-+	}
---- runit-1.3.1/src/Makefile	2005-08-24 22:14:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ runit-1.3.1/src/Makefile	2006-04-09 00:50:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--IT=chpst runit runit-init runsv runsvchdir runsvdir sv svlogd utmpset
-+IT=chpst runit runit-init runsv runsvchdir runsvdir sv svlogd utmpset forced_reboot
- 
- default: sysdeps $(IT)
- 
-@@ -466,3 +466,7 @@
- wait_pid.o: compile error.h haswaitp.h wait_pid.c
- 	./compile wait_pid.c
- 
-+forced_reboot: load forced_reboot.o unix.a byte.a
-+	./load forced_reboot unix.a byte.a -static
-+forced_reboot.o: compile forced_reboot.c reboot_system.h
-+	./compile forced_reboot.c
diff --git a/base/runit/runit.conf b/base/runit/runit.conf
index 6329234a8..279bd274c 100644
--- a/base/runit/runit.conf
+++ b/base/runit/runit.conf
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ EOT
 
 fi
 
-	ln -sfv forced_reboot $pkg_djb_commanddir/forced_poweroff
-
 	# Emulate daemontools if not present using chpst
 	if ! pkginstalled daemontools; then
 		echo "Emulate functionality of daemontools with chpst."