diff --git a/net-p2p/syncthing/files/syncthing.initd-r3 b/net-p2p/syncthing/files/syncthing.initd-r3
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--- a/net-p2p/syncthing/files/syncthing.initd-r3
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-SYNCTHING_USER=${SYNCTHING_USER:-syncthing}
-SYNCTHING_GROUP=${SYNCTHING_GROUP:-syncthing}
-SYNCTHING_HOMEDIR=${SYNCTHING_HOMEDIR:-/var/lib/syncthing/.config/syncthing}
-SYNCTHING_LOGFILE=${SYNCTHING_LOGFILE:-/var/log/syncthing/syncthing.log}
-SYNCTHING_GUI_ADDRESS=${SYNCTHING_GUI_ADDRESS:-http://127.0.0.1:8384}
-
-description="Syncthing is an open, trustworthy and decentralized cloud storage system"
-command="/usr/bin/syncthing"
-command_args="-no-browser -home=${SYNCTHING_HOMEDIR} -gui-address=${SYNCTHING_GUI_ADDRESS} ${SYNCTHING_OPTS}"
-pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
-command_background="yes"
-command_user="${SYNCTHING_USER}:${SYNCTHING_GROUP}"
-output_log="\"${SYNCTHING_LOGFILE}\""
-error_log="\"${SYNCTHING_LOGFILE}\""
-
-depend() {
-	need localmount
-	after net
-}
-
-start_pre() {
-	checkpath -q -d -o ${SYNCTHING_USER}:${SYNCTHING_GROUP} ${SYNCTHING_HOMEDIR}
-	checkpath -q -f -o ${SYNCTHING_USER}:${SYNCTHING_GROUP} ${SYNCTHING_LOGFILE}
-}