diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-files/files/99-input.rules b/srcpkgs/base-files/files/99-input.rules
deleted file mode 100644
index db7cfa9a99e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/base-files/files/99-input.rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-SUBSYSTEM=="input", GROUP="input"
-SUBSYSTEM=="input", KERNEL=="js[0-9]*", MODE="0664"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-files/template b/srcpkgs/base-files/template
index c0fbf23ec7f..c39a7c11269 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-files/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-files/template
@@ -68,8 +68,4 @@ do_install() {
 
 	# Create /proc/self/mounts -> /etc/mtab symlink.
 	ln -sf /proc/self/mounts ${DESTDIR}/etc/mtab
-
-	# udev rules
-	vmkdir usr/lib/udev/rules.d
-	install -m644 ${FILESDIR}/*.rules ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/
 }