diff --git a/mail/msmtp/Makefile b/mail/msmtp/Makefile
index 0c3af6df6..9ea72427b 100644
--- a/mail/msmtp/Makefile
+++ b/mail/msmtp/Makefile
@@ -112,19 +112,7 @@ define Package/msmtp/install
 		$(1)/etc/msmtprc
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/msmtp $(1)/usr/bin/
-endef
-
-define Package/msmtp/postinst
-	[ -e $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/sbin/sendmail ] || {
-		mkdir -p $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/sbin
-		ln -sf ../bin/msmtp $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/sbin/sendmail
-	}
-endef
-
-define Package/msmtp/prerm
-	[ "../bin/msmtp" = "$(readlink -qs $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/sbin/sendmail)" ] && {
-		rm -f $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/sbin/sendmail
-	}
+	ln -s ../bin/msmtp $(1)/usr/sbin/sendmail
 endef
 
 Package/msmtp-nossl/conffiles = $(Package/msmtp/conffiles)