diff --git a/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile b/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
index 31367833ec555d650832c6bae833784207963018..0b858483be8af53f0d714efa893e65cd5e7457a3 100644
--- a/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ define Package/lldpd
   TITLE:=Link Layer Discovery Protocol daemon
   URL:=https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/wiki
   DEPENDS:=+libevent2 +USE_EGLIBC:libbsd
+  USERID:=lldp:lldp
 endef
 
 define Package/lldpd/description
diff --git a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
index 35999501f9729b1fc0072519fec888ee44f050fa..b2eea70fd3577ccce092a7df24b929bf281a726c 100644
--- a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
+++ b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ start() {
 	[ $enable_sonmp -gt 0 ] && append args '-s'
 	[ $enable_edp -gt 0 ] && append args '-e'
 
-	user_exists  lldp 121 || user_add  lldp 121 129
-	group_exists lldp 129 || group_add lldp 129
-
 	mkdir -p /var/run/lldp
 	chown lldp:lldp /var/run/lldp