diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/group b/package/base-files/files/etc/group
index 5b06dc6db9..cdcd414abb 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/group
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/group
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mail:x:8:
 dialout:x:20:
 audio:x:29:
 www-data:x:33:
-ftp:x:55:
 users:x:100:
 network:x:101:
 nogroup:x:65534:
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd b/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
index 1d06a80361..b4d53fa319 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash
 daemon:*:1:1:daemon:/var:/bin/false
-ftp:*:55:55:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/false
 network:*:101:101:network:/var:/bin/false
 nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/var:/bin/false
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/shadow b/package/base-files/files/etc/shadow
index 39bdb9c90a..e28ccbe6f8 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/shadow
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/shadow
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 root:::0:99999:7:::
 daemon:*:0:0:99999:7:::
-ftp:*:0:0:99999:7:::
 network:*:0:0:99999:7:::
 nobody:*:0:0:99999:7:::