diff --git a/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/adsb-setup/app.py b/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/adsb-setup/app.py
index f471c0c9..27280052 100644
--- a/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/adsb-setup/app.py
+++ b/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/adsb-setup/app.py
@@ -433,9 +433,6 @@ def pack_im(self) -> str:
             "cv": self.agg_matrix,
         }
         if self._d.env_by_tags("initial_version").value == "":
-            if pathlib.Path("/opt/adsb/initial_install").exists():
-                pathlib.Path("/opt/adsb/initial_install").unlink()
-                image["iv"] = "1"
             self._d.env_by_tags("initial_version").value == self._d.env_by_tags("base_version").value
         return b64encode(compress(pickle.dumps(image))).decode("utf-8")
 
diff --git a/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/pre-start.sh b/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/pre-start.sh
index 7ad6b1cd..29ce8dff 100644
--- a/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/pre-start.sh
+++ b/src/modules/adsb-feeder/filesystem/root/opt/adsb/pre-start.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ if [[ -f "/opt/adsb/finish-update.done" ]]; then
     fi
 else
     ACTION="initial install of"
-    touch /opt/adsb/initial_install
 fi
 
 # if we updated from a fairly old version, the feeder-update script will have written