diff --git a/plist b/plist
index 46e9dd3c26..08f38abb93 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/stop/99-config
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh.sh
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/10-sanity.sh
-/usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
 /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/README
 /usr/local/etc/ssl/ext_sources/README
 /usr/local/etc/ssl/opnsense.cnf
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b9a2c0df71..0000000000
--- a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# run a cleanup beforehand to avoid later upgrade failures
-opnsense-update -Fs