diff --git a/configs/releng/root-image/etc/hosts b/configs/releng/root-image/etc/hosts
deleted file mode 100644
index d23291e..0000000
--- a/configs/releng/root-image/etc/hosts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
-#
-
-#<ip-address>	<hostname.domain.org>	<hostname>
-127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost	archiso
-::1		localhost.localdomain	localhost	archiso
-
-# End of file