diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 2ea3cd608..9f6008154 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ loglevel 3
     write /proc/sys/kernel/sched_child_runs_first 0
     write /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space 2
     write /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict 2
-    write /proc/sys/kernel/dmesg_restrict 1
     write /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr 32768
     write /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range "0 2147483647"
     write /proc/sys/net/unix/max_dgram_qlen 300