diff --git a/pciutils.be0 b/pciutils.be0
index 126152699..35a8e6830 100755
--- a/pciutils.be0
+++ b/pciutils.be0
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ mee_install() {
     bee_install install-lib \
       SHAREDIR=${DATAROOTDIR}/hwdata \
       SHARED=yes
-
-    # /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids is maintained on distmaster with
-    # `update-pciids`
-    rm -v "${D}${DATAROOTDIR}/hwdata/pci.ids"
 }
 ## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'