diff --git a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/prerm b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/prerm
index 456728b93..e9b36d10c 100755
--- a/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/prerm
+++ b/debian/templates/temp.image.plain/prerm
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ if ($running eq $version) {
 chdir("/") or die "could not chdir to /:$!\n";
 
 if (-f "/etc/$loader.conf") { #I know, could be a link, but ..
-  open (LILO, "/etc/$loader.conf") || &success(); # this is not critical
+  open (LILO, "/etc/$loader.conf"); # this is not critical
   while (<LILO>) {
     chop;
     s/\#.*//;			  # nix the comments
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ if (-f "/etc/$loader.conf") { #I know, could be a link, but ..
 	$WouldInvalidate |= $image =~ /$kimage-$version/;
       }
       else {
-	&success(); # invalid $loader.conf file
+	last; # invalid $loader.conf file
       }
     }
     else {
-      &success(); # invalid $loader.conf file
+      last; # invalid $loader.conf file
     }
   }
   close (LILO);
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ if (-f "/etc/$loader.conf") { #I know, could be a link, but ..
     }
     else {
       print STFERR "Ok, proceeding with removing running kernel image.\n";
-      &success();
     }
   }
 }
@@ -286,14 +285,5 @@ if (-d "/etc/kernel/prerm.d/$version") {
             die "Failed to process /etc/kernel/prerm.d/$version";
 }
 
-sub success () {
-    -f "/lib/modules/$version/modules.dep"  && 
-      unlink "/lib/modules/$version/modules.dep";
-    exit 0;
-}
-
-
-
-&success();
 exit 0;
 __END__