diff --git a/srcpkgs/xpra/template b/srcpkgs/xpra/template
index c6a67f426f7..8fcdfe71625 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xpra/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xpra/template
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ checksum=87b7c4e4bd4afe40363b23add4b3246004c8a027b305faee23b6063761c3826a
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/-Werror/-Wno-error/g' setup.py  # ugh
 }
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/etc/init.d
+}