diff --git a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
index 65ffec6..bfda592 100644
--- a/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
+++ b/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ festvox-slt-arctic-hts
 scim-chewing
 scim-pinyin
 
-# Sendmail has slow startup and is in general not necessary -
-# long term we should evaluate dropping local SMTP entirely
-# and fix cron
--sendmail
-ssmtp
-
 # save some space
 -gnome-user-docs
 -gimp-help