diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
index 2798298c9..153217f37 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-RUN_RTPENGINE=no
 CONFIG_FILE=/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf
 # CONFIG_SECTION=rtpengine
 PIDFILE=/run/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.pid
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
index 512071ea6..ec3c58a4d 100755
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ if [ -f "$DEFAULTS" ]; then
 	. "$DEFAULTS" || true
 fi
 
-if [ "$RUN_RTPENGINE" != "yes" ]; then
-	log_action_msg "rtpengine not yet configured. Edit $DEFAULTS first."
-	exit 0
-fi
 [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] && PIDFILE="/run/rtpengine.pid"
 
 OPTIONS=""
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.default b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.default
index d6fc15867..230e36b5c 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.default
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.default
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-RUN_RTPENGINE_RECORDING=no
 CONFIG_FILE=/etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf
 # CONFIG_SECTION=rtpengine-recording
 PIDFILE=/run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
index 72ed03985..6d219302a 100755
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.init
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ if [ -f "$DEFAULTS" ]; then
 	. "$DEFAULTS" || true
 fi
 
-if [ "$RUN_RTPENGINE_RECORDING" != "yes" ]; then
-	log_action_msg "rtpengine-recording not yet configured. Edit $DEFAULTS first."
-	exit 0
-fi
 [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] && PIDFILE="/run/rtpengine-recording.pid"
 
 OPTIONS=""