diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
index 04d58e2992..1d67c4ed0a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://avahi.org/download/avahi-${PV}.tar.gz \
           file://99avahi-autoipd \
           file://initscript.patch"
 
-USERADDPN = "avahi-daemon"
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "avahi-daemon"
 USERADD_PARAM_avahi-daemon = "--system --home /var/run/avahi-daemon \
                               --no-create-home --shell /bin/false \