diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 11c3d4e996..6064501210 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ DBUS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-dnotify \
 	--with-xml=expat \
 	--with-system-socket=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
-	--with-system-pid-file=/var/run/messagebus.pid
+	--with-system-pid-file=/var/run/messagebus.pid \
+	--with-init-scripts=none
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 DBUS_CONF_OPTS += LIBS='-pthread'