diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysctl.sh b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysctl.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index df1ea217..00000000
--- a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysctl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-sysctl_set() {
-  sed -i "/^${1//./\.}=/d" /etc/sysctl.conf 
-  echo "${1}=$2" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
-}