diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/aarch64/initscripts b/config/rootfiles/common/aarch64/initscripts
index d6f13224a..8d945f7a5 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/aarch64/initscripts
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/aarch64/initscripts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K51vnstat
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S80mountfs
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S90swap
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S99halt
 #etc/rc.d/rc3.d
-etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S00random
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01vnstat
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S10sysklogd
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S11unbound
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K51vnstat
@@ -194,6 +191,7 @@ etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S45udev_retry
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S50cleanfs
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S60setclock
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S65rngd
+etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S66random
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S70console
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S71pakfire
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S73swconfig
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/armv5tel/initscripts b/config/rootfiles/common/armv5tel/initscripts
index d6f13224a..8d945f7a5 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/armv5tel/initscripts
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/armv5tel/initscripts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K51vnstat
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S80mountfs
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S90swap
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S99halt
 #etc/rc.d/rc3.d
-etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S00random
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01vnstat
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S10sysklogd
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S11unbound
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K51vnstat
@@ -194,6 +191,7 @@ etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S45udev_retry
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S50cleanfs
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S60setclock
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S65rngd
+etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S66random
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S70console
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S71pakfire
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S73swconfig
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/i586/initscripts b/config/rootfiles/common/i586/initscripts
index 2db7f1aa3..996925b7a 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/i586/initscripts
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/i586/initscripts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K51vnstat
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S80mountfs
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S90swap
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S99halt
 #etc/rc.d/rc3.d
-etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S00random
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01vnstat
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S10sysklogd
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S12acpid
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K51vnstat
@@ -193,6 +190,7 @@ etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S45udev_retry
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S50cleanfs
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S60setclock
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S65rngd
+etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S66random
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S70console
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S71pakfire
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S74cloud-init
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/x86_64/initscripts b/config/rootfiles/common/x86_64/initscripts
index 2db7f1aa3..996925b7a 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/x86_64/initscripts
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/x86_64/initscripts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K51vnstat
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S80mountfs
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S90swap
 etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S99halt
 #etc/rc.d/rc3.d
-etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S00random
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01vnstat
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S10sysklogd
 etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S12acpid
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K08fcron
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K28apache
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K30sshd
 #etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K34client175
-etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K45random
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K47setclock
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49cyrus-sasl
 etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K51vnstat
@@ -193,6 +190,7 @@ etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S45udev_retry
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S50cleanfs
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S60setclock
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S65rngd
+etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S66random
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S70console
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S71pakfire
 etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S74cloud-init
diff --git a/lfs/initscripts b/lfs/initscripts
index ba6c9f913..242de60e5 100644
--- a/lfs/initscripts
+++ b/lfs/initscripts
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ $(TARGET) :
 	ln -sf ../init.d/unbound     /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K86unbound
 	ln -sf ../init.d/unbound     /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S11unbound
 	ln -sf ../init.d/unbound     /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K86unbound
-	ln -sf ../init.d/random      /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K45random
-	ln -sf ../init.d/random      /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S00random
-	ln -sf ../init.d/random      /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K45random
 	ln -sf ../../sysconfig/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98rc.local
 	ln -sf ../init.d/client175   /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K34client175
 	ln -sf ../init.d/client175   /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S66client175
@@ -174,6 +171,7 @@ $(TARGET) :
 	ln -sf ../init.d/setclock    /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K47setclock
 	ln -sf ../init.d/setclock    /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K47setclock
 	ln -sf ../init.d/rngd        /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S65rngd
+	ln -sf ../init.d/random      /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S66random
 	ln -sf ../init.d/console     /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S70console
 	ln -sf ../init.d/pakfire     /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S71pakfire
 	ln -sf ../init.d/cloud-init  /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S74cloud-init
diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/random b/src/initscripts/system/random
index 1f825cd18..489c7dac9 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/random
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/random
@@ -22,29 +22,10 @@ case "$1" in
 			sync
 			rm -f /var/tmp/random-tmpfile
 		done;
-
-		boot_mesg "\rInitializing kernel random number generator..."
-		if [ -f /var/tmp/random-seed ]; then
-			/bin/cat /var/tmp/random-seed >/dev/urandom
-		fi
-		touch /var/tmp/random-seed
-		chmod 600 /var/tmp/random-seed
-		/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/random-seed \
-			count=1 bs=$poolsize &>/dev/null
-		evaluate_retval
-		;;
-
-	stop)
-		boot_mesg "Saving random seed..."
-		touch /var/tmp/random-seed
-		chmod 600 /var/tmp/random-seed
-		/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/random-seed \
-			count=1 bs=$poolsize &>/dev/null
-		evaluate_retval
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start}"
 		exit 1
 		;;
 esac
