diff --git a/etc/init.d/neutron-server b/etc/init.d/neutron-server
deleted file mode 100755
index 98e5da61043..00000000000
--- a/etc/init.d/neutron-server
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          neutron-server
-# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: neutron-server
-# Description:       Provides the Neutron networking service
-### END INIT INFO
-
-set -e
-
-PIDFILE=/var/run/neutron/neutron-server.pid
-LOGFILE=/var/log/neutron/neutron-server.log
-
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/neutron-server
-DAEMON_ARGS="--log-file=$LOGFILE"
-DAEMON_DIR=/var/run
-
-ENABLED=true
-
-if test -f /etc/default/neutron-server; then
-  . /etc/default/neutron-server
-fi
-
-mkdir -p /var/run/neutron
-mkdir -p /var/log/neutron
-
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
-export TMPDIR=/var/lib/neutron/tmp
-
-if [ ! -x ${DAEMON} ] ; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-    test "$ENABLED" = "true" || exit 0
-    log_daemon_msg "Starting neutron server" "neutron-server"
-    start-stop-daemon -Sbmv --pidfile $PIDFILE --chdir $DAEMON_DIR --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS
-    log_end_msg $?
-    ;;
-  stop)
-    test "$ENABLED" = "true" || exit 0
-    log_daemon_msg "Stopping neutron server" "neutron-server"
-    start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile ${PIDFILE}
-    log_end_msg $?
-    ;;
-  restart|force-reload)
-    test "$ENABLED" = "true" || exit 1
-    $0 stop
-    sleep 1
-    $0 start
-    ;;
-  status)
-    test "$ENABLED" = "true" || exit 0
-    status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON neutron-server && exit 0 || exit $?
-    ;;
-  *)
-    log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/neutron-server {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3eb8e8fa289..d571d9002f6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ data_files =
         etc/neutron/rootwrap.d/l3.filters
         etc/neutron/rootwrap.d/linuxbridge-plugin.filters
         etc/neutron/rootwrap.d/openvswitch-plugin.filters
-    etc/init.d = etc/init.d/neutron-server
     etc/neutron/plugins/bigswitch =
         etc/neutron/plugins/bigswitch/restproxy.ini
     etc/neutron/plugins/bigswitch/ssl/ca_certs =