diff --git a/package/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf b/package/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
index 1b67f02ee..33a35284f 100644
--- a/package/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
+++ b/package/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@
 # pciutils 2.1.11+ install location always defaults to /usr/local
 makeopt="PREFIX=$root/$prefix $makeopt"
 makeinstopt="PREFIX=$root/$prefix $makeinstopt"
-# we use pci.ids from the kernel which is more frequently updated
-postmake="cp -v $root/usr/src/linux/drivers/pci/pci.ids $datadir/pci.ids"
+