diff --git a/bare_image.sh b/bare_image.sh
index 7d58cefbc56914a433849f38e5ed0786eb42d0f5..dea817dfbf4752cc3f74affed6d8f845dde569a3 100755
--- a/bare_image.sh
+++ b/bare_image.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ minimal_armel () {
 		chroot_very_small_image="${chroot_very_small_image}"
 		chroot_enable_localepurge="${chroot_enable_localepurge}"
 		chroot_enable_deborphan="${chroot_enable_deborphan}"
-		chroot_enable_hardlink="${chroot_enable_hardlink}"
 		chroot_no_lsb_release="${chroot_no_lsb_release}"
 		chroot_no_sudo="${chroot_no_sudo}"
 		chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts="${chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts}"
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ is_debian () {
 	chroot_very_small_image="enable"
 	chroot_enable_localepurge="enable"
 	chroot_enable_deborphan="enable"
-#	chroot_enable_hardlink="enable"
 	chroot_no_lsb_release="Debian"
 	chroot_no_sudo="enable"
 }
diff --git a/base_image.sh b/base_image.sh
index 8b223b7c9f4a1d48f138f5c1650cb7c4c7181108..078961cee625c4aeeabea851d47a7ddb4bcaac26 100755
--- a/base_image.sh
+++ b/base_image.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ minimal_armel () {
 		chroot_very_small_image="${chroot_very_small_image}"
 		chroot_enable_localepurge="${chroot_enable_localepurge}"
 		chroot_enable_deborphan="${chroot_enable_deborphan}"
-		chroot_enable_hardlink="${chroot_enable_hardlink}"
 		chroot_no_lsb_release="${chroot_no_lsb_release}"
 		chroot_no_sudo="${chroot_no_sudo}"
 		chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts="${chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts}"
@@ -152,7 +151,6 @@ is_debian () {
 #	chroot_very_small_image="enable"
 #	chroot_enable_localepurge="enable"
 #	chroot_enable_deborphan="enable"
-#	chroot_enable_hardlink="enable"
 #	chroot_no_lsb_release="Debian"
 #	chroot_no_sudo="enable"
 }
diff --git a/build_image.sh b/build_image.sh
index 76449b540b621d0f513943c90e8f56240b9a0fd9..108792d8472c9be081a017d7ab2240acdf6ff9fc 100755
--- a/build_image.sh
+++ b/build_image.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ minimal_armel () {
 		chroot_very_small_image="${chroot_very_small_image}"
 		chroot_enable_localepurge="${chroot_enable_localepurge}"
 		chroot_enable_deborphan="${chroot_enable_deborphan}"
-		chroot_enable_hardlink="${chroot_enable_hardlink}"
 		chroot_no_lsb_release="${chroot_no_lsb_release}"
 		chroot_no_sudo="${chroot_no_sudo}"
 		chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts="${chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts}"
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ is_debian () {
 #	chroot_very_small_image="enable"
 #	chroot_enable_localepurge="enable"
 #	chroot_enable_deborphan="enable"
-#	chroot_enable_hardlink="enable"
 #	chroot_no_lsb_release="Debian"
 #	chroot_no_sudo="enable"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 121a1f10d4c08bdca89c7338c4d3d58d10b94731..7753d9afd1c96819311aaa28ab366031d0bde268 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -401,19 +401,6 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 		apt-get clean
 	}
 
-	run_hardlink () {
-		packages="hardlink"
-		for pkg in \${packages} ; do check_n_install ; done
-		/usr/bin/hardlink -t /usr/share/doc
-
-		echo "// Hardlink identical docs, changelogs, copyrights, examples, etc" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-		echo "" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-		echo "DPkg" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-		echo "{" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-		echo "Post-Invoke {\"if [ -x /usr/bin/hardlink ]; then /usr/bin/hardlink -t /usr/share/doc; else exit 0; fi\";};" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-		echo "};" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98-hardlink-doc
-	}
-
 	dl_pkg_src () {
 		mkdir -p /tmp/pkg_src/
 		cd /tmp/pkg_src/
@@ -589,9 +576,6 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 	if [ "x${chroot_enable_deborphan}" = "xenable" ] ; then
 		run_deborphan
 	fi
-	if [ "x${chroot_enable_hardlink}" = "xenable" ] ; then
-		run_hardlink
-	fi
 	add_user
 
 	if [ "x${chroot_rcnee_startup_scripts}" = "xenable" ] ; then