diff --git a/debian/mosquitto.upstart b/debian/mosquitto.upstart
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index 5752ad5c..00000000
--- a/debian/mosquitto.upstart
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-description "Mosquitto MQTTv3.1 broker"
-author "Roger Light <roger@atchoo.org"
-
-start on net-device-up
-
-respawn
-
-exec /usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf