diff --git a/sys-fs/lvm2/files/lvmetad.initd-2.02.116-r3 b/sys-fs/lvm2/files/lvmetad.initd-2.02.116-r3
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index 55bbf9c4b63b8..0000000000000
--- a/sys-fs/lvm2/files/lvmetad.initd-2.02.116-r3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-pidfile="/run/lvmetad.pid"
-command="/sbin/lvmetad"
-command_args="${LVMETAD_OPTS:=-p ${pidfile}}"
-start_stop_daemon_args="--pidfile ${pidfile}"
-
-depend() {
-	:
-}
-
-start_pre()
-{
-	checkpath --directory /run/lvm || return 1
-}