diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps-3.2.8/procps.init b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps-3.2.8/procps.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 739dcf4be7..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps-3.2.8/procps.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-SYSCTL_CONF="/etc/sysctl.conf"
-if [ -f "${SYSCTL_CONF}" ]; then
-	/sbin/sysctl -q -p "${SYSCTL_CONF}"
-fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_3.2.8.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_3.2.8.bb
index a38077eae2..d989955f62 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_3.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_3.2.8.bb
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 require procps.inc
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
-inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives
-
-INITSCRIPT_NAME = "procps.sh"
-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 30 S ."
+inherit update-alternatives
 
 ALTERNATIVE_LINKS = "${bindir}/top ${bindir}/uptime ${bindir}/free ${bindir}/pkill ${bindir}/pmap \
                      ${base_bindir}/kill ${base_sbindir}/sysctl ${base_bindir}/ps"
@@ -13,22 +10,14 @@ ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "90"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://procmodule.patch \
             file://psmodule.patch \
-	    file://linux-limits.patch \
-	    file://sysctl.conf \
-	    file://procps.init \
-	    file://procps-3.2.8+gmake-3.82.patch \
-	    "
+            file://linux-limits.patch \
+            file://sysctl.conf \
+            file://procps-3.2.8+gmake-3.82.patch \
+           "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9532714b6846013ca9898984ba4cd7e0"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "11ed68d8a4433b91cd833deb714a3aa849c02aea738c42e6b4557982419c1535"
 
-FILES = "${bindir}/top.${BPN} ${base_bindir}/ps.${BPN} ${bindir}/uptime.${BPN} ${base_bindir}/kill.${BPN} \
-	 ${bindir}/free.${BPN} ${bindir}/w ${bindir}/watch ${bindir}/pgrep ${bindir}/pmap ${bindir}/pwdx \
-	 ${bindir}/snice ${bindir}/vmstat ${bindir}/slabtop ${bindir}/pkill ${bindir}/skill ${bindir}/tload \
-	 ${base_sbindir}/sysctl.${BPN}"
-
-CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf"
-
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CFLAGS=-I${STAGING_INCDIR} \
                 CPPFLAGS=-I${STAGING_INCDIR} \
                 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
@@ -39,6 +28,6 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CFLAGS=-I${STAGING_INCDIR} \
 do_install_append () {
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/sysctl.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf
-	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/procps.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/procps.sh
 }
+
+CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sysctl.conf"