diff --git a/package/iputils/iputils.mk b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
index 0273e295d6..1ee64dabe4 100644
--- a/package/iputils/iputils.mk
+++ b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IPUTILS_TFTPD),y)
 IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_TFTPD=true
 
-define IPUTILS_MOVE_TFTPD_BINARY
-	mv $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/tftpd $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/tftpd
-endef
-IPUTILS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += IPUTILS_MOVE_TFTPD_BINARY
-
 else
 IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_TFTPD=false
 endif