diff --git a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
index 058477384e..c3b2bfe522 100644
--- a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
+++ b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ NETWORKMANAGER_BIN=${sbindir}/NetworkManager
 PID=`pidof -o %PPID $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN`
 case "$1" in
 	start)
-		ck_daemon hal && /etc/rc.d/hal start
-		sleep 1
 		stat_busy "Starting NetworkManager"
 		if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
 			$NETWORKMANAGER_BIN