diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files.mk b/target/linux/etrax/base-files.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index d77ab55b8e..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/etrax/base-files.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-define Package/base-files/install-target
-	mkdir -p $(1)/root
-endef
-
-
diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network
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index b3632fd068..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname	lo
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
-	option netmask	255.0.0.0
-
-config interface lan
-	option ifname	eth0
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.0.90
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0
-        #option dns      192.168.0.1
-	#option gateway  192.168.0.1
diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/ipkg.conf b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/ipkg.conf
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index a5ffc79bc7..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/ipkg.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-src snapshots http://www.acmesystems.it/download/owrt/packages
-dest root /
-dest ram /tmp
diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/passwd b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/passwd
deleted file mode 100644
index c5c9e46cc0..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/passwd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-root:$1$6upaSrHM$W/0IQ8kf7IYxCxEkJQ2D60:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash
-nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/var:/bin/false