diff --git a/mail/exim/pkg/exim.rc b/mail/exim/pkg/exim.rc
index 10924d273dc..34300a35a30 100644
--- a/mail/exim/pkg/exim.rc
+++ b/mail/exim/pkg/exim.rc
@@ -7,8 +7,4 @@ daemon_flags="-q30m"

 . /etc/rc.d/rc.subr

-rc_pre() {
-	[[ ! -f /etc/mailer.conf.exim ]]
-}
-
 rc_cmd $1