diff --git a/easy-qos/files/etc/uci-defaults/60-easyqos-reqs b/easy-qos/files/etc/uci-defaults/60-easyqos-reqs
index e1f713159..cb2ad44c5 100644
--- a/easy-qos/files/etc/uci-defaults/60-easyqos-reqs
+++ b/easy-qos/files/etc/uci-defaults/60-easyqos-reqs
@@ -4,7 +4,5 @@ uci -q batch <<-EOT
         set firewall.easyqos=include
         set firewall.easyqos.path=/etc/firewall.easyqos
         set firewall.easyqos.reload=1
-	uci del_list firewall.easyqos._access_w="root"
-	uci add_list firewall.easyqos._access_w="root"
         commit firewall
 EOT
diff --git a/netmode/files/lib/functions/netmode.sh b/netmode/files/lib/functions/netmode.sh
index f813bca28..805e9766e 100644
--- a/netmode/files/lib/functions/netmode.sh
+++ b/netmode/files/lib/functions/netmode.sh
@@ -112,18 +112,6 @@ populate_netmodes() {
 				}
 			fi
 
-			if json_select acl; then
-				_i=1
-				while json_get_var user $_i; do
-					uci del_list netmode.$mode._access_r="$user"
-					uci del_list netmode.$mode._access_w="$user"
-					uci add_list netmode.$mode._access_r="$user"
-					uci add_list netmode.$mode._access_w="$user"
-					_i=$((_i+1))
-				done
-				json_select ..
-			fi
-
 			json_select description
 			json_get_keys keys
 			for k in $keys; do
diff --git a/voice-client/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-voice_client b/voice-client/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-voice_client
index 30f2ceb71..cbe5c4bd9 100755
--- a/voice-client/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-voice_client
+++ b/voice-client/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-voice_client
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ uci -q batch <<-EOT
         set firewall.sip=include
         set firewall.sip.path=/etc/firewall.sip
         set firewall.sip.reload=1
-	uci del_list firewall.sip._access_w="root"
-	uci add_list firewall.sip._access_w="root"
         commit firewall
 EOT
 
diff --git a/wifilife/files/etc/uci-defaults/999-wifilife-opreqs b/wifilife/files/etc/uci-defaults/999-wifilife-opreqs
index 0c1237109..fb799aef0 100644
--- a/wifilife/files/etc/uci-defaults/999-wifilife-opreqs
+++ b/wifilife/files/etc/uci-defaults/999-wifilife-opreqs
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ add_firewall_mbid() {
 				uci -q set firewall.mbid=include
 				uci -q set firewall.mbid.path="/etc/firewall.mbid"
 				uci -q set firewall.mbid.reload=1
-				uci del_list firewall.mbid._access_w=root
-				uci add_list firewall.mbid._access_w=root
 				uci commit firewall
 		}
 	fi