diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index af16611f..0e0ab06a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 * added -N option to "read" command
 * added "--inject" option to inject remaining arguments as already seen messages
 * use scans initiated by other participants and allow "--readonly" with "--scanconfig[=none]"
-* let init script set the low_latency mode on serial device
+* set the serial device to low latency mode to fix huge latency found on recent kernel versions
 
 
 # 2.4 (2016-12-17)
diff --git a/contrib/debian/init.d/ebusd b/contrib/debian/init.d/ebusd
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0bb1680d..356fd1f0
--- a/contrib/debian/init.d/ebusd
+++ b/contrib/debian/init.d/ebusd
@@ -29,19 +29,10 @@ instance="EBUSD_OPTS$2"
 instance=${!instance}
 
 start_instance () {
-	local opts suffix dev
+	local opts suffix
 	opts=$1
 	shift
 	suffix="${opts#EBUSD_OPTS}"
-	dev=`echo " ${!opts}"|sed -e 's#^.* -d ##' -e 's# -.*$##'`
-	if [ -z "$dev" ]; then
-		dev=/dev/ttyUSB0
-	fi
-	if [ "${dev:0:5}" == '/dev/' ] && [ -c "$dev" ] && [ -x /bin/setserial ]; then
-		log_daemon_msg "Setting low latency for ebusd${suffix} device"
-		/bin/setserial "$dev" low_latency
-		log_end_msg $?
-	fi
 	log_daemon_msg "Starting ebusd${suffix}" ebusd
 	pidfile=$PIDFILE_PREFIX${suffix}$PIDFILE_SUFFIX
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $pidfile --exec $DAEMON -- --pidfile $pidfile ${!opts}
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
index 6f511fc1..f8ae83fd 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ FROM debian
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libmosquitto1 \
-    curl \
-    setserial
+    curl
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     autoconf automake g++ make \
diff --git a/contrib/docker/release/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/release/Dockerfile
index b5609a10..dc0ed102 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/release/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ FROM debian
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libmosquitto1 \
-    curl \
-    setserial
+    curl
 
 LABEL maintainer "ebusd@ebusd.eu"
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/runtime/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/runtime/Dockerfile
index b3d21420..3850099d 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ FROM debian
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libmosquitto1 \
-    curl \
-    setserial
+    curl
 
 LABEL maintainer "ebusd@ebusd.eu"
 
diff --git a/make_debian.sh b/make_debian.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 3eddd10f..3bed6750
--- a/make_debian.sh
+++ b/make_debian.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Architecture: $ARCH
 Maintainer: John Baier <ebusd@ebusd.eu>
 Homepage: https://github.com/john30/ebusd
 Bugs: https://github.com/john30/ebusd/issues
-Depends: setserial, libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1), libc6, libgcc1$extralibs
+Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.8.1), libc6, libgcc1$extralibs
 Description: eBUS daemon.
  ebusd is a daemon for handling communication with eBUS devices connected to a
  2-wire bus system.