diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67376e5..b51f544 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ your itch, you can of course [write your own plugin](https://github.com/andsens/
   * `ec2-run-user-data`: If the userdata starts with `#!` it will be executed
   * `generate-ssh-hostkeys`: Generates hostkeys for sshd on first boot
   * `expand-volume`: Expands the root partition to the volume size
-  * `change-root-uuid`: Regenerates the UUID of the root volume on first boot
 
 *\*The bootup time was measured with [this script](https://gist.github.com/3813743)*
 
diff --git a/init.d/change-root-uuid b/init.d/change-root-uuid
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e4fd9..0000000
--- a/init.d/change-root-uuid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:       change-root-uuid
-# Required-Start: 
-# Required-Stop:  
-# Should-Start:   
-# Should-Stop:    
-# Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:   
-# Description:    Changes the UUID of the root volume
-### END INIT INFO
-
-prog=$(basename $0)
-logger="logger -t $prog"
-
-device_path="/dev/xvda1"
-
-filesystem=`blkid | grep $device_path | sed 's#\(.*\):.*TYPE="\(.*\)".*#\2#'`
-
-case $filesystem in
-	ext2) tune2fs -U random $device_path ;;
-	ext3) tune2fs -U random $device_path ;;
-	ext4) tune2fs -U random $device_path ;;
-	*)    $logger "The filesystem $filesystem was not recognized. Unable to change its UUID." ;;
-esac
-
-# Disable this script, it may only run once
-insserv -r $0
diff --git a/tasks/ec2/50-ec2-scripts b/tasks/ec2/50-ec2-scripts
index 1e6fa06..881bc13 100644
--- a/tasks/ec2/50-ec2-scripts
+++ b/tasks/ec2/50-ec2-scripts
@@ -3,11 +3,3 @@
 init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/ec2-get-credentials")
 init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/ec2-run-user-data")
 init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/expand-volume")
-
-case $filesystem in
-	# xfs cannot change the UUID on mounted volumes
-	xfs)  ;;
-	ext2) init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/change-root-uuid") ;;
-	ext3) init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/change-root-uuid") ;;
-	ext4) init_scripts+=("$scriptdir/init.d/change-root-uuid") ;;
-esac