diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart
index 62e1d27..4a451dd 100644
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart
+++ b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp.upstart
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 description	"vector packet processing engine"
-author          "Cisco Systems, Inc <listname@cisco.com>"
+author          "Cisco Systems, Inc <vpp-dev@lists.fd.io>"
 
 manual
 
 respawn
 
 pre-start script
-   rm -f /dev/shm/db /dev/shm/global_vm /dev/shm/vpe-api || true
    # should be there via dkms, but if not, start anyway
    modprobe uio_pci_generic || true
 end script