diff --git a/fs/cpio/init b/fs/cpio/init
index dbe09ac68e..b0af18b67a 100755
--- a/fs/cpio/init
+++ b/fs/cpio/init
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # devtmpfs does not get automounted for initramfs
 /bin/mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
-exec 0</dev/console
-exec 1>/dev/console
-exec 2>/dev/console
 exec /sbin/init "$@"