diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
index 265c4be..1366fee 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
@@ -20,28 +20,14 @@
         return '[ -n "$D" -o ! -d /run/systemd/system ]'
     return 'true'
 
-updatercd_preinst() {
-if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && [ -z "$D" -a -f "${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME}" ]; then
-	${INIT_D_DIR}/${INITSCRIPT_NAME} stop || :
-fi
-if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && type update-rc.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-	if [ -n "$D" ]; then
-		OPT="-f -r $D"
-	else
-		OPT="-f"
-	fi
-	update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} remove
-fi
-}
-
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "update-rc.d-native"
 
 updatercd_postinst() {
 if ${@use_updatercd(d)} && type update-rc.d >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 	if [ -n "$D" ]; then
-		OPT="-f -r $D"
+		OPT="-r $D"
 	else
-		OPT="-f -s"
+		OPT="-s"
 	fi
 	update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} ${INITSCRIPT_PARAMS}
 fi
@@ -79,7 +65,7 @@
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_prepend = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'populate_packages_updatercd ', '', d)}"
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_remove_class-nativesdk = "populate_packages_updatercd "
 
-populate_packages_updatercd[vardeps] += "updatercd_prerm updatercd_postrm updatercd_preinst updatercd_postinst"
+populate_packages_updatercd[vardeps] += "updatercd_prerm updatercd_postrm updatercd_postinst"
 populate_packages_updatercd[vardepsexclude] += "OVERRIDES"
 
 python populate_packages_updatercd () {
@@ -95,7 +81,7 @@
             d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_' + pkg, ' %sinitd-functions' % (mlprefix))
 
     def update_rcd_package(pkg):
-        bb.debug(1, 'adding update-rc.d calls to preinst/postinst/prerm/postrm for %s' % pkg)
+        bb.debug(1, 'adding update-rc.d calls to postinst/prerm/postrm for %s' % pkg)
 
         localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
         overrides = localdata.getVar("OVERRIDES")
@@ -103,12 +89,6 @@
 
         update_rcd_auto_depend(pkg)
 
-        preinst = d.getVar('pkg_preinst_%s' % pkg)
-        if not preinst:
-            preinst = '#!/bin/sh\n'
-        preinst += localdata.getVar('updatercd_preinst')
-        d.setVar('pkg_preinst_%s' % pkg, preinst)
-
         postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg)
         if not postinst:
             postinst = '#!/bin/sh\n'