diff --git a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
index 417a0386e..43ce91f32 100644
--- a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
+++ b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ case "$1" in
 	start)
 		ck_daemon hal && /etc/rc.d/hal start
 		sleep 1
-		ck_daemon dhcdbd && /etc/rc.d/dhcdbd start
-		sleep 1
 		stat_busy "Starting NetworkManager"
 		if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
 			$NETWORKMANAGER_BIN