diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/oe-selftest-image.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/oe-selftest-image.bb
index f17094c5d0..5d4d10eef6 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/oe-selftest-image.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/oe-selftest-image.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "An image used during oe-selftest tests"
 
-IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP} dropbear"
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot dropbear"
 IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks"
 
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
index b687935c49..95946971c2 100644
--- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "An example of partitioned image."
 
 SRC_URI = "file://${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}.wks"
 
-IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}"
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 127e62d5d9..405fd73c04 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ IMAGE_FEATURES[validitems] += "debug-tweaks read-only-rootfs empty-root-password
 IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS ?= "0"
 
 # rootfs bootstrap install
-ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL = "${@bb.utils.contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management", "", "${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}",d)}"
+ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL = "run-postinsts"
 
 # These packages will be removed from a read-only rootfs after all other
 # packages have been installed
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index e8facd4368..10af4b5ff0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE = "dpkg apt"
-ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP  = "run-postinsts"
 
 do_rootfs[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot bzip2-native:do_populate_sysroot"
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 6b60c46638..a57b1d34f7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 EXTRAOPKGCONFIG ?= ""
 ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE = "opkg ${EXTRAOPKGCONFIG}"
-ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP  = "run-postinsts"
 
 do_rootfs[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
index 65881a60a7..af0f23877a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE = "rpm dnf"
-ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP = "run-postinsts"
 
 # dnf is using our custom distutils, and so will fail without these
 export STAGING_INCDIR
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py b/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
index 6ec9b1af8b..60c49be0e9 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Manifest(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             pkg_list['lgp'] = \
                 "locale-base-en-us locale-base-en-gb"
         elif image_rootfs.find("core-image-minimal") > 0:
-            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL] = "run-postinsts packagegroup-core-boot"
+            pkg_list[self.PKG_TYPE_MUST_INSTALL] = "packagegroup-core-boot"
 
         with open(self.initial_manifest, "w+") as manifest:
             manifest.write(self.initial_manifest_file_header)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
index 8dd77b3472..4630026aa9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "A small image just capable of allowing a device to boot."
 
-IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP} ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
 
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
index bd1fc9ec79..6abe3ae062 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib bzip2 perl ncurses"
 DEPENDS_class-native = "bzip2-replacement-native zlib-native virtual/update-alternatives-native gettext-native perl-native"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} xz run-postinsts perl"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} xz perl"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = "xz-native"
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/d/dpkg/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_0.3.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_0.3.4.bb
index e298185723..a21fde1cf8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_0.3.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_0.3.4.bb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ do_install_append () {
 	fi
 }
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} opkg-arch-config run-postinsts libarchive"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives} opkg-arch-config libarchive"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = ""
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-nativesdk = ""
 RREPLACES_${PN} = "opkg-nogpg opkg-collateral"