diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
index 294a0ec36b..0352c3cf70 100755
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/01-run.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-install -m 755 files/resize2fs_once	"${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/init.d/"
-
 install -d				"${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d"
 install -m 644 files/ttyoutput.conf	"${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/"
 
@@ -36,16 +34,7 @@ systemctl enable regenerate_ssh_host_keys
 EOF
 
 if [ "${USE_QEMU}" = "1" ]; then
-	echo "enter QEMU mode"
 	install -m 644 files/90-qemu.rules "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/udev/rules.d/"
-	on_chroot << EOF
-systemctl disable resize2fs_once
-EOF
-	echo "leaving QEMU mode"
-else
-	on_chroot << EOF
-systemctl enable resize2fs_once
-EOF
 fi
 
 on_chroot <<EOF
diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/resize2fs_once b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/resize2fs_once
deleted file mode 100644
index 38a4d47ab5..0000000000
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/resize2fs_once
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          resize2fs_once
-# Required-Start:
-# Required-Stop:
-# Default-Start: 3
-# Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description: Resize the root filesystem to fill partition
-# Description:
-### END INIT INFO
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-    log_daemon_msg "Starting resize2fs_once"
-    ROOT_DEV=$(findmnt / -o source -n) &&
-    resize2fs $ROOT_DEV &&
-    update-rc.d resize2fs_once remove &&
-    rm /etc/init.d/resize2fs_once &&
-    log_end_msg $?
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Usage: $0 start" >&2
-    exit 3
-    ;;
-esac