diff --git a/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE
index 2c05a3ee..271316fc 100644
--- a/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE
+++ b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Who:
 
 What: the mtab service script
 
-When: 1.0
+When: 2.0
 
 Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern
 	 Linux systems
diff --git a/init.d/mtab.in b/init.d/mtab.in
index 0cd73696..61b57bd8 100644
--- a/init.d/mtab.in
+++ b/init.d/mtab.in
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ start()
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	ewarn "Please run the following command as root on your system."
-	ewarn
-	ewarn "ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab"
-	ewarn
-	ewarn "The support for updating /etc/mtab as a file is"
-	ewarn "deprecated and will be removed in the future."
 	ebegin "Updating /etc/mtab"
 	if ! echo 2>/dev/null >/etc/mtab; then
 		ewend 1 "/etc/mtab is not updateable"