diff --git a/cups.init b/cups.init
index d97b352..c691c9d 100644
--- a/cups.init
+++ b/cups.init
@@ -44,20 +44,9 @@ DAEMON=cupsd
 
 prog=cups
 
-config () {
-	# Is this a printconf system?
-	if [ -x /usr/sbin/printconf-backend ]
-	then
-		# run printconf-backend to set up the configuration.
-		/usr/sbin/printconf-backend
-	fi
-}
-
 start () {
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 
-	config
-
 	# start daemon
 	daemon $DAEMON
         RETVAL=$?
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index 0ccca94..370fc55 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{cups_serverbin}/daemon/cups-lpd
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 16 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
+- Initscript no longer needs to check for printconf-backend.
+
 * Tue May 16 2006 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 1:1.2.0-3
 - Added image library build requirements.
 - The devel package requires gnutls-devel (bug #191908).