diff --git a/target/linux/armvirt/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model b/target/linux/armvirt/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model
deleted file mode 100644
index bfaa45f59c..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/armvirt/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Yousong Zhou <yszhou4tech@gmail.com>
-
-. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
-
-board_config_update
-
-ucidef_set_board_id "armvirt"
-ucidef_set_model_name "QEMU ARM Virtual Machine"
-
-board_config_flush
-
-exit 0