diff --git a/package/network/utils/iptables/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iptables/Makefile
index b8a02772ea..df88639816 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iptables/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iptables/Makefile
@@ -516,15 +516,10 @@ define BuildPlugin
   $$(eval $$(call BuildPackage,$(1)))
 endef
 
-L7_INSTALL:=\
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $$(1)/etc/l7-protocols; \
-	$(CP) files/l7/*.pat $$(1)/etc/l7-protocols/
-
-
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,iptables))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-conntrack-extra,$(IPT_CONNTRACK_EXTRA-m)))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-extra,$(IPT_EXTRA-m)))
-$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-filter,$(IPT_FILTER-m),$(L7_INSTALL)))
+$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-filter,$(IPT_FILTER-m)))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-ipopt,$(IPT_IPOPT-m)))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-ipsec,$(IPT_IPSEC-m)))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,iptables-mod-nat-extra,$(IPT_NAT_EXTRA-m)))