diff --git a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/files/rc-multipathd b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/files/rc-multipathd
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d440f2c9109..0000000000000
--- a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/files/rc-multipathd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-depend() {
-	need localmount
-	after modules
-}
-
-start() {
-	ebegin "Starting multipathd"
-	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /sbin/multipathd
-	eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Stopping multipathd"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/multipathd.pid
-	eend $?
-}