diff --git a/share/config_files/network b/share/config_files/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 895d994a..00000000
--- a/share/config_files/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
diff --git a/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl b/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
index bac84171..e8c3b37d 100644
--- a/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
+++ b/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ symlink /sbin/init init
 ## install some basic configuration files
 append etc/resolv.conf ""
 copy usr/share/anaconda/lang-table etc
-install ${configdir}/network etc/sysconfig
 install ${configdir}/rsyslog.conf etc
 install ${configdir}/.bash_history root
 install ${configdir}/.profile root