diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/01_leds b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/01_leds
deleted file mode 100644
index ad52c689e9f..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/01_leds
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
-#
-
-. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
-
-ucidef_set_led_mmc "mmc" "MMC" "led0" "mmc0"
-ucidef_commit_leds
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/brcm2708.sh b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/brcm2708.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 76870c6a39b..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/brcm2708.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
-#
-
-brcm2708_board_detect() {
-	local machine
-	local name
-
-	machine=$(awk 'BEGIN{FS="[ \t]+:[ \t]"} /Hardware/ {print $2}' /proc/cpuinfo)
-
-	case "$machine" in
-	BCM2708)
-		name="Raspberry Pi"
-		;;
-	BCM2709)
-		name="Raspberry Pi 2"
-		;;
-	esac
-
-	[ -z "$name" ] && name="unknown"
-
-	[ -e "/tmp/sysinfo/" ] || mkdir -p "/tmp/sysinfo/"
-
-	echo "$machine" > /tmp/sysinfo/board_name
-	echo "$name" > /tmp/sysinfo/model
-}
-
-brcm2708_board_name() {
-	local name
-
-	[ -f /tmp/sysinfo/board_name ] && name=$(cat /tmp/sysinfo/board_name)
-	[ -z "$name" ] && name="unknown"
-
-	echo "$name"
-}
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_do_brcm2708.sh b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_do_brcm2708.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e3cf56d3170..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/lib/preinit/03_preinit_do_brcm2708.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-do_brcm2708() {
-	. /lib/brcm2708.sh
-
-	brcm2708_board_detect
-}
-
-boot_hook_add preinit_main do_brcm2708