diff --git a/packaging/create_package.sh b/packaging/create_package.sh
index 2ec41ac..6482dfe 100755
--- a/packaging/create_package.sh
+++ b/packaging/create_package.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ for f in albatross_log \
 	 albatross_console \
 	 albatross_daemon \
 	 albatross_influx \
-	 albatross_tls \
-	 albatross_x
+	 albatross_tls
 do install -U $basedir/packaging/rc.d/$f $rootdir/usr/local/etc/rc.d/$f; done
 
 # stage albatross app binaries
diff --git a/packaging/rc.d/albatross_x b/packaging/rc.d/albatross_x
deleted file mode 100755
index 9eb3302..0000000
--- a/packaging/rc.d/albatross_x
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-# PROVIDE: albatross_x
-# REQUIRE: LOGIN albatross_daemon
-# KEYWORDS: shutdown
-#
-# Define these albatross_x_* variables in one of these files
-# 	 /etc/rc.conf
-#	 /etc/rc.conf.local
-#	 /etc/rc.conf.d/albatross_x
-#	 /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d/albatross_x
-#
-# albatross_x_enable:	Set YES to enable the albatross vm start service
-# 		Default: NO
-# albatross_x_vms:       list of vms to manage
-# 		Default: ""
-# albatross_x_args_$VM: vm create arguments
-#
-#
-
-. /etc/rc.subr
-
-name=albatross_x
-rcvar=${name}_enable
-desc="Manage Albatross VMs"
-load_rc_config $name
-start_cmd="albatross_x_start"
-stop_cmd="albatross_x_stop"
-status_cmd="albatross_x_status"
-extra_commands="status"
-
-: ${albatross_x_enable:="NO"}
-: ${albatross_x_vms:=""}
-
-albatross_x_start () {
-    case $1 in
-	_ALL)
-            echo "Starting albatross VMs: ${albatross_x_vms}."
-	    for _vm in $albatross_x_vms; do
-		eval _create_args=\"\$albatross_x_args_${_vm}\"
-		/usr/local/sbin/albatross_client_local create $_vm $_create_args
-	    done
-	    return
-	    ;;
-    esac
-    echo "Starting albatross VMs: ${@}."
-    for _vm in $@; do
-	eval _create_args=\"\$albatross_x_args_${_vm}\"
-	/usr/local/sbin/albatross_client_local create $_vm $_create_args
-    done
-}
-
-albatross_x_stop () {
-    case $1 in
-	_ALL)
-            echo "Stopping albatross VMs: ${albatross_x_vms}."
-	    for _vm in $albatross_x_vms
-	    do /usr/local/sbin/albatross_client_local destroy $_vm; done
-	    return
-    esac
-    echo "Stopping albatross VMs: ${@}."
-    for _vm in $@
-    do /usr/local/sbin/albatross_client_local destroy $_vm; done
-}
-
-albatross_x_status () {
-    /usr/local/sbin/albatross_client_local info
-}
-
-case $# in
-    1) run_rc_command $@ ${albatross_x_list:-_ALL} ;;
-    *) run_rc_command $@ ;;
-esac
-