diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
index d224d70..9c0f87b 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
@@ -32,3 +32,15 @@
         "
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-image
+
+# The /etc/version file is misleading and not useful.  Remove it.
+# Users should instead rely on /etc/os-release.
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_etc_version ; "
+
+# Disable the pager to prevent systemd injecting control characters into the
+# output stream that are not interpreted by busybox tools.
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "disable_systemd_pager ; "
+
+# The shadow recipe provides the binaries(like useradd, usermod) needed by the
+# phosphor-user-manager.
+ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED_remove = "shadow"