diff --git a/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/thermal-engine b/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/thermal-engine
deleted file mode 100755
index 44f3827..0000000
Binary files a/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/thermal-engine and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/init_thermal-engine.rc b/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/init_thermal-engine.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cc069c..0000000
--- a/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/init_thermal-engine.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-#
-#Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
-#All Rights Reserved.
-#Confidential and Proprietary - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
-#
-#Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
-#
-
-service thermal-engine /vendor/bin/thermal-engine
-	class main
-	user root
-	group root
-	socket thermal-send-client stream 0660 system oem_2907
-	socket thermal-recv-client stream 0660 system oem_2907
-	socket thermal-recv-passive-client stream 0660 system oem_2907
-	socket thermal-send-rule stream 0660 system oem_2907
-
-on property:sys.boot_completed=1
-	restart thermal-engine
diff --git a/sdm660-common/sdm660-common-vendor.mk b/sdm660-common/sdm660-common-vendor.mk
index d36cbb6..204304f 100644
--- a/sdm660-common/sdm660-common-vendor.mk
+++ b/sdm660-common/sdm660-common-vendor.mk
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/ssr_setup:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/ssr_setup \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/subsystem_ramdump:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/subsystem_ramdump \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/tftp_server:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/tftp_server \
-    vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/thermal-engine:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/thermal-engine \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/time_daemon:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/time_daemon \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/bin/xtra-daemon:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/bin/xtra-daemon \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/cne/mwqem.conf:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/cne/mwqem.conf \
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/imsqmidaemon.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/imsqmidaemon.rc \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/imsrcsd.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/imsrcsd.rc \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/init.time_daemon.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/init.time_daemon.rc \
-    vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/init_thermal-engine.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/init_thermal-engine.rc \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/netmgrd.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/netmgrd.rc \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/port-bridge.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/port-bridge.rc \
     vendor/asus/sdm660-common/proprietary/vendor/etc/init/qcrild.rc:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/init/qcrild.rc \