diff --git a/meta/packages/busybox/files/glibc2.4-icmp6.patch b/meta/packages/busybox/files/glibc2.4-icmp6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cec1dd31a..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/busybox/files/glibc2.4-icmp6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- busybox-1.01/networking/ping6.c.orig	2006-03-15 15:43:21.000000000 +0100
-+++ busybox-1.01/networking/ping6.c	2006-03-15 15:49:29.000000000 +0100
-@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
- #include <stddef.h>				/* offsetof */
- #include "busybox.h"
- 
-+#ifndef ICMP6_MEMBERSHIP_QUERY			/* glibc >= 2.4 */
-+#define ICMP6_MEMBERSHIP_QUERY     MLD_LISTENER_QUERY	
-+#define ICMP6_MEMBERSHIP_REPORT    MLD_LISTENER_REPORT	
-+#define ICMP6_MEMBERSHIP_REDUCTION MLD_LISTENER_REDUCTION
-+#endif
-+
- static const int DEFDATALEN = 56;
- static const int MAXIPLEN = 60;
- static const int MAXICMPLEN = 76;
diff --git a/meta/packages/busybox/files/postinst b/meta/packages/busybox/files/postinst
deleted file mode 100644
index 36d8190f80..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/busybox/files/postinst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/busybox ash
-
-action="$1"
-oldversion="$2"
-
-umask 022
-
-if /bin/busybox [ "$action" != configure ]
-then
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-. /etc/default/functions
-
-setup_init_hwclock() {
-	updatercd hwclock.sh start 50 S . stop 25 0 1 6 .
-	/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh restart
-}
-
-/bin/busybox ash /usr/bin/update-alternatives --install /bin/vi vi /bin/busybox 100
-/bin/busybox ash /usr/bin/update-alternatives --install /bin/sh sh /bin/busybox 100
-
-setup_init_hwclock
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/meta/packages/busybox/files/prerm b/meta/packages/busybox/files/prerm
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ade4b1dec..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/busybox/files/prerm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
-  update-alternatives --remove sh /bin/busybox
-  update-alternatives --remove vi /bin/busybox
-  find /etc -name [SK][0-9][0-9]hwclock.sh | xargs rm -f
-  find /etc -name [SK][0-9][0-9]syslog | xargs rm -f
-fi
-
-exit 0