diff --git a/admin/zabbix/Makefile b/admin/zabbix/Makefile
index b53ea9df9d..000734f9ca 100644
--- a/admin/zabbix/Makefile
+++ b/admin/zabbix/Makefile
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ define Package/zabbix-server/conffiles
 /etc/zabbix_server.conf
 /etc/zabbix_server.conf.d/
 /etc/config/zabbix_server
-/etc/sysctl.d/90-zabbix-discovery-workers.conf
 endef
 
 define Package/zabbix-server/install
@@ -550,8 +549,6 @@ define Package/zabbix-server/install
 	$(call Package/zabbix/install/sbin,$(1),server)
 	$(call Package/zabbix/install/etc,$(1),server)
 	$(call Package/zabbix/install/init.d,$(1),server)
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/sysctl.d
-	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/zabbix-discovery-workers.conf.sysctl $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/90-zabbix-discovery-workers.conf
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/zabbix_server.config $(1)/etc/config/zabbix_server
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/uci-defaults
diff --git a/admin/zabbix/files/zabbix-discovery-workers.conf.sysctl b/admin/zabbix/files/zabbix-discovery-workers.conf.sysctl
deleted file mode 100644
index e88c23943f..0000000000
--- a/admin/zabbix/files/zabbix-discovery-workers.conf.sysctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fs.file-max=100000