diff --git a/xCAT-server/xcatd.rc b/xCAT-server/xcatd.rc
deleted file mode 100755
index 8b895bfb8..000000000
--- a/xCAT-server/xcatd.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-# chkconfig: 345 85 60
-# description: xCAT management service
-# processname: xcatd
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides: xcatd
-# Default-Start: 3 4 5
-# Default-stop: 0 1 2 6
-# Short-Description: xCATd
-# Description: xCAT management service
-### END INIT INFO
-
-
-MStatus()
-{
-  ps ax|grep -v grep|grep xcatd: >& /dev/null
-  if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
-    RVAL=0
-    echo "xCAT service is running"
-  else
-    RVAL=3
-    echo "xCAT service is not running"
-  fi
-  return $RVAL
-}
-
-if [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
-  . /lib/lsb/init-functions
-  START_DAEMON=start_daemon
-  STATUS=MStatus
-  LOG_SUCCESS=log_success_msg
-  LOG_FAILURE=log_failure_msg
-  #LOG_WARNING=log_warning_message
-  LOG_WARNING=passed
-elif [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ]; then
-  echo RH
-  . /etc/init.d/functions
-  START_DAEMON=daemon
-  STATUS=status
-  LOG_SUCCESS=success
-  LOG_FAILURE=failure
-  LOG_WARNING=passed
-else
-  echo "Error, don't know how to start on this platform"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-case $1 in
-restart)
-  $0 stop
-  $0 start
-  ;;
-status)
-  $STATUS
-  ;;
-stop)
-  echo -n "Stopping xCATd "
-  $STATUS >& /dev/null
-  if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-    echo -n "xCATd not running, not stopping "
-    $LOG_WARNING
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  kill -TERM -`cat /var/run/xcatd.pid`
-  let i=0;
-  while $STATUS >& /dev/null && [ $i -lt 15 ]; do 
-    usleep 100000
-    let i=i+1
-  done
-  $STATUS >& /dev/null
-  if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
-    kill -KILL -`cat /var/run/xcatd.pid`
-  fi
-  usleep 100000
-  $STATUS >& /dev/null
-  if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
-    $LOG_FAILURE
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  $LOG_SUCCESS
-  rm /var/run/xcatd.pid
-  ;;
-start)
-  $STATUS >& /dev/null
-  if [ "$?" == "0" ]; then
-    echo -n "xCATd already running "
-    $LOG_WARNING
-    exit
-  fi
-  echo -n "Starting xCATd "
-  xcatroot=`head -n1 /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh`
-  export $xcatroot
-  xcatd -p /var/run/xcatd.pid && $LOG_SUCCESS || $LOG_FAILURE
-  ;;
-esac
-
-
-
-