diff --git a/sbin/init/init.c b/sbin/init/init.c
index 8fd93bdfec56..c19b0700b749 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.c
+++ b/sbin/init/init.c
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ single_user(void)
 	if (Reboot) {
 		/* Instead of going single user, let's reboot the machine */
 		sync();
-		alarm(2);
-		pause();
 		reboot(howto);
 		_exit(0);
 	}