diff --git a/system/skeleton/root/.bash_history b/system/skeleton/root/.bash_history
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/system/skeleton/root/.bash_logout b/system/skeleton/root/.bash_logout
deleted file mode 100644
index 77ef1f9508..0000000000
--- a/system/skeleton/root/.bash_logout
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits.
-
-# when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy
-
-case "`tty`" in
-    /dev/tty[0-9]*) clear
-esac
diff --git a/system/skeleton/root/.bash_profile b/system/skeleton/root/.bash_profile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ee04a3108..0000000000
--- a/system/skeleton/root/.bash_profile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# .bash_profile
-
-umask 022
-
-if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
-    source ~/.bashrc
-fi