diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
index 440e315..1f9d5ef 100644
--- a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-hostname = "diya"
-do_install:append () {
-    cat >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/fstab <<EOF
-# add overlay for /etc
-overlay /etc overlay defaults,nofail,lowerdir=/etc,upperdir=/var/etc/upper,workdir=/var/etc/work 0 2
-EOF
-}
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+hostname = "diya"
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