diff --git a/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go b/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
index bc0b013..5626e24 100644
--- a/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -138,35 +136,6 @@ func bootDeploy(workDir string, outDir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getHookFiles(filesdir string) (files []string, err error) {
-	fileInfo, err := os.ReadDir(filesdir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getHookFiles: unable to read hook file dir: %w", err)
-	}
-	for _, file := range fileInfo {
-		path := filepath.Join(filesdir, file.Name())
-		f, err := os.Open(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getHookFiles: unable to open hook file: %w", err)
-
-		}
-		defer f.Close()
-		log.Printf("-- Including files from: %s\n", path)
-		s := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-		for s.Scan() {
-			if filelist, err := misc.GetFiles([]string{s.Text()}, true); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("getHookFiles: unable to add file %q required by %q: %w", s.Text(), path, err)
-			} else {
-				files = append(files, filelist...)
-			}
-		}
-		if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getHookFiles: uname to process hook file %q: %w", path, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return files, nil
-}
-
 func getInitfsExtraFiles(devinfo deviceinfo.DeviceInfo) (files []string, err error) {
 	log.Println("== Generating initramfs extra ==")
 	binariesExtra := []string{