diff --git a/main/irqbalance/APKBUILD b/main/irqbalance/APKBUILD
index 4d0e14bd5a7..25434bc9a5e 100644
--- a/main/irqbalance/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/irqbalance/APKBUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ _builddir="$srcdir"/$pkgname-$pkgver
 
 prepare() {
 	cd "$_builddir"
-	update_config_sub || return 1
 	return 0
 }