diff -Naur busybox-1.20.2/init/init.c busybox-1.20.2-magellan/init/init.c
--- busybox-1.20.2/init/init.c	2012-06-26 15:35:45.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.20.2-magellan/init/init.c	2012-07-30 16:27:04.642982795 +0200
@@ -738,14 +738,6 @@
 
 	message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "The system is going down NOW!");
 
-	/* Send signals to every process _except_ pid 1 */
-	kill(-1, SIGTERM);
-	message(L_CONSOLE | L_LOG, "Sent SIG%s to all processes", "TERM");
-	sync();
-	sleep(1);
-
-	kill(-1, SIGKILL);
-	message(L_CONSOLE, "Sent SIG%s to all processes", "KILL");
 	sync();
 	/*sleep(1); - callers take care about making a pause */
 }