diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index 0346bbcb9..544c2aaec 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all:	initrd.img.gz mobylinux-efi.iso
 
 ETCFILES=etc/issue etc/motd etc/network/interfaces
-ETCFILES+=etc/securetty etc/inittab
+ETCFILES+=etc/inittab
 
 initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh init $(ETCFILES)
 	rm -f initrd.img
diff --git a/alpine/etc/securetty b/alpine/etc/securetty
deleted file mode 100644
index a04e4f2a6..000000000
--- a/alpine/etc/securetty
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-console
-ttyS0
-ttyAMA0
-tty1