diff --git a/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.confd b/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.confd
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index 03393f23a64c5..0000000000000
--- a/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.confd
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-#USER="nobody"
-#PIDFILE="/var/run/nutcracker.pid"
-#CONF_FILE="/etc/nutcracker/nutcracker.yaml"
-
-NUTCRACKER_BIN="/usr/bin/nutcracker"
-NUTCRACKER_OPTS="--daemonize"
diff --git a/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.initd b/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.initd
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index 47abe8f3cd459..0000000000000
--- a/net-proxy/nutcracker/files/nutcracker.initd
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@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-USER="${USER:-nobody}"
-PIDFILE="${PIDFILE:-/var/run/nutcracker.pid}"
-NUTCRACKER_BIN="${NUTCRACKER_BIN:-/usr/bin/nutcracker}"
-CONF_FILE="${CONF_FILE:-/etc/nutcracker/nutcracker.yml}"
-
-depend() {
-    need net
-}
-
-checkconf() {
-	ebegin "Testing configuration"
-	${NUTCRACKER_BIN} --test-conf \
-		--conf-file=${CONF_FILE} \
-		>/dev/null 2>&1
-	eend $?
-}
-
-start() {
-	checkconf || exit 1
-        ebegin "Starting Nutcracker"
-        start-stop-daemon --start -u ${USER} \
-		--name ${SVCNAME} \
-                --exec ${NUTCRACKER_BIN} -- \
-		--conf-file="${CONF_FILE}" \
-                --pid-file=${PIDFILE} \
-		${NUTCRACKER_OPTS}
-        eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-        ebegin "Stopping Nutcracker"
-        start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "${PIDFILE}"
-        eend $?
-}
-