diff --git a/utils/gpsd/Makefile b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
index f57ecdc51..ee72b9508 100644
--- a/utils/gpsd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ define Package/gpsd/install
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/gpsd.config $(1)/etc/config/gpsd
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/gpsd.init $(1)/etc/init.d/gpsd
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/usb
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/gpsd.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/usb/20-gpsd
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/gpsd $(1)/usr/sbin/
 endef
diff --git a/utils/gpsd/files/gpsd.hotplug b/utils/gpsd/files/gpsd.hotplug
deleted file mode 100644
index fc15ddaee..000000000
--- a/utils/gpsd/files/gpsd.hotplug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-case "$ACTION" in
-    add)
-        # start process
-        # only pl2303 devices are handled
-        if [ "$PRODUCT" = "67b/2303/300" ] && [ "$TYPE" = "0/0/0" ] && [ "$INTERFACE" = "255/0/0" ]; then
-            sleep 3 && /etc/init.d/gpsd start
-        fi
-        ;;
-    remove)
-        # stop process
-        # only pl2303 devices are handled
-        if [ "$PRODUCT" = "67b/2303/300" ] && [ "$TYPE" = "0/0/0" ] && [ "$INTERFACE" = "255/0/0" ]; then
-            /etc/init.d/gpsd stop
-        fi
-        ;;
-esac