diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty b/poky/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
index dfa799a..699a1ea 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-###############################################################################
-# This script is used to automatically set up the serial console(s) on startup.
-# The variable SERIAL_CONSOLES can be set in meta/conf/machine/*.conf.
-# Script enhancement has been done based on Bug YOCTO #10844.
-# Most of the information is retrieved from /proc virtual filesystem containing
-# all the runtime system information (eg. system memory, device mount, etc).
-###############################################################################
-
-# Get active serial filename.
-active_serial=$(grep "serial" /proc/tty/drivers | cut -d/ -f1 | sed "s/ *$//")
-
-# Rephrase input parameter from ttyS target index (ttyS1, ttyS2, ttyAMA0, etc).
-runtime_tty=$(echo $2 | grep -oh '[0-9]\+')
 
 # busybox' getty does this itself, util-linux' agetty needs extra help
 getty="/sbin/getty"
@@ -25,31 +12,6 @@
         ;;
 esac
 
-# Backup $IFS.
-DEFAULT_IFS=$IFS
-# Customize Internal Field Separator.
-IFS="$(printf '\n\t')"
-
-for line in $active_serial; do
-	# Check we have the file containing current active serial target index.
-	if [ -e "/proc/tty/driver/$line" ]
-        then
-		# Remove all unknown entries and discard the first line (desc).
-		activetty=$(grep -v "unknown" "/proc/tty/driver/$line" \
-			    | tail -n +2 | grep -oh "^\s*\S*[0-9]\+")
-		for active in $activetty; do
-			# If indexes do match then enable the serial console.
-			if [ $active -eq $runtime_tty ]
-			then
-				if [ -c /dev/$2 ]
-				then
-				    ${setsid:-} ${getty} -L $1 $2 $3
-				fi
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-done
-
-# Restore $IFS.
-IFS=$DEFAULT_IFS
+if [ -e /sys/class/tty/$2 -a -c /dev/$2 ]; then
+	${setsid:-} ${getty} -L $1 $2 $3
+fi