diff --git a/.etckeeper b/.etckeeper
index 62690cf7..8e55d61d 100755
--- a/.etckeeper
+++ b/.etckeeper
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/fake-hwclock'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/hwclock.sh'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/keyboard-setup.sh'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/kmod'
-maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/lm-sensors'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/mosquitto'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/netfilter-persistent'
 maybe chmod 0755 'init.d/networking'
diff --git a/init.d/lm-sensors b/init.d/lm-sensors
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f9ed723..00000000
--- a/init.d/lm-sensors
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          lm-sensors
-# Required-Start:    $remote_fs
-# Required-Stop:
-# Default-Start:     S
-# Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description: lm-sensors
-# Description:       hardware health monitoring
-### END INIT INFO
-
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
-PROGRAM=/usr/bin/sensors
-
-test -x $PROGRAM || exit 0
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	log_action_begin_msg "Setting sensors limits"
-	if [ "$VERBOSE" = "no" ]; then
-		/usr/bin/sensors -s 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-		/usr/bin/sensors 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-	else
-		/usr/bin/sensors -s
-		/usr/bin/sensors > /dev/null
-	fi
-	log_action_end_msg 0
-	;;
-  stop)
-	;;
-  force-reload|restart)
-	$0 start
-	;;
-  status)
-	exit 0
-	;;
-  *)
-	log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/lm-sensors {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
-	exit 1
-esac
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/rcS.d/S01lm-sensors b/rcS.d/S01lm-sensors
deleted file mode 120000
index f0eb19a3..00000000
--- a/rcS.d/S01lm-sensors
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../init.d/lm-sensors
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service b/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service
deleted file mode 120000
index b1a1d799..00000000
--- a/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/lib/systemd/system/lm-sensors.service
\ No newline at end of file