diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index add6175..a6fe608 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -421,11 +421,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (mkdirs_dev(".initramfs", "pts", "shm", NULL) < 0)
 		fatal("mkdir\n");
 
-	if ((fd = open("/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug", O_WRONLY, 0)) < 0 ||
-		write(fd, "\n", sizeof("\n")) < sizeof("\n"))
-		fatal("/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug\n");
-	close(fd);
-
 	klogpid = doklog();
 
 	spawn_hook(init_top);