diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
index 22dfb4f219..ceaf15f799 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
 	unset i
 fi
 
-if [ -x /usr/bin/resize ] && termpath="`tty`"; then
+if command -v resize >/dev/null && command -v tty >/dev/null; then
 	# Make sure we are on a serial console (i.e. the device used starts with
 	# /dev/tty[A-z]), otherwise we confuse e.g. the eclipse launcher which
 	# tries do use ssh
-	case "$termpath" in
-		/dev/tty[A-z]*) resize >/dev/null
+	case $(tty) in
+		/dev/tty[A-z]*) resize >/dev/null;;
 	esac
 fi
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index f56969c52e..ca7bf06353 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ do_install () {
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/host.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/host.conf
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/motd ${D}${sysconfdir}/motd
 
-	if [ "/usr/bin" != "${bindir}" ]; then
-		sed -i "s,/usr/bin/resize,${bindir}/resize," ${D}${sysconfdir}/profile
-	fi
-
 	ln -sf /proc/mounts ${D}${sysconfdir}/mtab
 }