diff --git a/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf b/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
index f2fa19204..b92c93fa4 100644
--- a/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
+++ b/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root/$prefix"
-
-# do not install the included ebtables-config in '/etc/sysconfig'
-var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "SYSCONFIGDIR="
-# do not install the included sysvinit script
-var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "INITDIR="