diff --git a/etc/init.d/hald b/etc/init.d/hald
index 7b85ab0..4c1f39e 100755
--- a/etc/init.d/hald
+++ b/etc/init.d/hald
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			fi
 		fi
                 echo -n "Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer Daemon"
-                loadproc /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes --use-syslog
+                loadproc /usr/sbin/hald --use-syslog
 		PID=`pgrep -P 1 hald` 
 		echo $PID >/var/run/hald.pid
                 ;;