diff --git a/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in b/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
index b71e0998..812707ce 100644
--- a/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/confluent_server/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 include pam/*
-include sysvinit/*
 include systemd/*
 include sysctl/*
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl b/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
index 3699be77..d62cd7df 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent_server.spec.tmpl
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ python3 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed -O1 --root=$RPM_BUI
 for file in $(grep confluent/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare); do
     rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/$file
 done
-grep -v confluent/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare | grep -v etc/init.d/confluent > INSTALLED_FILES
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/confluent
-rmdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d
-rmdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc
+grep -v confluent/__init__.py INSTALLED_FILES.bare > INSTALLED_FILES
 # Only do non-root confluent if systemd of the platform supports it
 systemd-analyze verify $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/systemd/system/confluent.service 2>&1 | grep "'AmbientCapabilities'" > /dev/null && sed -e 's/User=.*//' -e 's/Group=.*//' -e 's/AmbientCapabilities=.*//' -i $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/systemd/system/confluent.service
 cat INSTALLED_FILES
diff --git a/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
index 208fc010..154721fa 100644
--- a/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_server/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ setup(
               'aiohmi/redfish/oem/openbmc',
               'aiohmi/util'],
     scripts=['bin/confluent', 'bin/confluent_selfcheck', 'bin/confluentdbutil', 'bin/collective', 'bin/osdeploy'],
-    data_files=[('/etc/init.d', ['sysvinit/confluent']),
-                ('/usr/lib/sysctl.d', ['sysctl/confluent.conf']),
+    data_files=[('/usr/lib/sysctl.d', ['sysctl/confluent.conf']),
                 ('/opt/confluent/share/licenses/confluent_server', ['LICENSE', 'COPYRIGHT']),
                 ('/usr/lib/systemd/system', ['systemd/confluent.service']),
 		('/opt/confluent/lib/python/confluent/plugins/console/', [])],
diff --git a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent b/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
deleted file mode 100755
index 4b8fe830..00000000
--- a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# IBM(c) 2014 Apache 2.0
-# chkconfig: 345 85 60
-# description: Confluent hardware manager
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides: confluent
-# Default-Start: 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
-### END INIT INFO
-if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ]; then
-    . /etc/init.d/functions
-    LOG_SUCCESS=success
-    LOG_FAILURE=failure
-elif [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
-    . /lib/lsb/init-functions
-    LOG_SUCCESS=log_success_msg
-    LOG_FAILURE=log_failure_msg
-else
-    echo "Unknown platform"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-confluent=/opt/confluent/bin/confluent
-confetty=/opt/confluent/bin/confetty
-
-stop() {
-	echo -n 'Stopping Confluent: '
-	if [ -S /var/run/confluent/api.sock ]; then
-		$confetty shutdown /
-	fi
-	$LOG_SUCCESS
-	echo
-	return
-}
-
-start() {
-	echo -n 'Starting Confluent: '
-	$confluent
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		$LOG_SUCCESS
-		echo
-		return 0
-	else
-		$LOG_FAILURE
-		echo
-		return 1
-	fi
-}
-
-case $1 in
-	restart)
-		stop
-		start
-		;;
-	start)
-		start
-		;;
-	stop)
-		stop
-		;;
-	status)
-		status_of_proc -p /var/run/confluent/pid $confluent
-		;;
-esac
-