diff --git a/release/tools/ec2-small.conf b/release/tools/ec2-small.conf
index f5904d5ea4ba..6da4444bc835 100644
--- a/release/tools/ec2-small.conf
+++ b/release/tools/ec2-small.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="${VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES} ec2-scripts \
 
 # Services to enable in rc.conf(5).
 export VM_RC_LIST="${VM_RC_LIST} ec2_configinit ec2_ephemeral_swap \
-    ec2_fetchkey ec2_loghostkey firstboot_pkg_upgrade firstboot_pkgs \
+    ec2_fetchkey ec2_loghostkey firstboot_pkg_upgrade \
     growfs sshd"
 
 vm_extra_pre_umount() {