diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index c64914a304..3d51ec60aa 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -10829,15 +10829,6 @@
             features that are used by many distributions.
         </para>
 
-        <para>
-            By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization
-            manager.
-            However, support also exists for systemd,
-            which is a full replacement for init with
-            parallel starting of services, reduced shell overhead and other
-            features that are used by many distributions.
-        </para>
-
         <para>
             Within the system, SysVinit treats system components as services.
             These services are maintained as shell scripts stored in the