diff --git a/utils/dockerd/Makefile b/utils/dockerd/Makefile
index a2cee4b0..5cec7d67 100644
--- a/utils/dockerd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dockerd/Makefile
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ define Package/dockerd/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/sysctl.d
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/sysctl.d/sysctl-br-netfilter-ip.conf \
 		$(1)/etc/sysctl.d/12-br-netfilter-ip.conf
-	
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/docker/
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/daemon.json $(1)/etc/docker/daemon.json
 endef
 
 define Package/dockerd/postinst
diff --git a/utils/dockerd/files/daemon.json b/utils/dockerd/files/daemon.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b8a99a4c..00000000
--- a/utils/dockerd/files/daemon.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-"data-root": "/opt/",
-"log-level": "warn"
-}