diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index aa3234310..ef70bf2e2 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ on init
     chown system system /dev/cpuctl
     chown system system /dev/cpuctl/tasks
     chmod 0666 /dev/cpuctl/tasks
-    write /dev/cpuctl/cpu.shares 1024
     write /dev/cpuctl/cpu.rt_runtime_us 800000
     write /dev/cpuctl/cpu.rt_period_us 1000000