diff --git a/distrib/i386/floppies/common/mtree.conf b/distrib/i386/floppies/common/mtree.conf
index 312a479fc9c2..4e00fd191ef1 100644
--- a/distrib/i386/floppies/common/mtree.conf
+++ b/distrib/i386/floppies/common/mtree.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: mtree.conf,v 1.1 2002/02/03 16:22:22 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: mtree.conf,v 1.2 2002/02/06 16:09:14 lukem Exp $
 
 /set			type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 ./dist/xcomp_obsolete	type=file
 ./dist/xserver_obsolete	type=file
 ./etc
-./etc/passwd		type=file mode=0644
 ./mnt
 ./mnt2
 ./kern