diff --git a/comps-eln.xml.in b/comps-eln.xml.in
index 12fcbdf4..3710db25 100644
--- a/comps-eln.xml.in
+++ b/comps-eln.xml.in
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">firewalld</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">glibc</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">grubby</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">initscripts</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">iproute</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS">iputils</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory" variant="BaseOS" arch="aarch64,ppc64le,x86_64">irqbalance</packagereq>