diff --git a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
index 06b91c10ed..0997702ee9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ UPDATERCD_virtclass-cross = ""
 UPDATERCD_class-native = ""
 UPDATERCD_class-nativesdk = ""
 
-RDEPENDS_${UPDATERCPN}_append = " ${UPDATERCD}"
+RRECOMMENDS_${UPDATERCPN}_append = " ${UPDATERCD}"
 
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS ?= "defaults"
 
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ if test "x$D" != "x"; then
 else
 	OPT="-s"
 fi
-update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} ${INITSCRIPT_PARAMS}
+if type update-rc.d >/dev/null; then
+	update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} ${INITSCRIPT_PARAMS}
+fi
 }
 
 updatercd_prerm() {
@@ -28,10 +30,13 @@ fi
 }
 
 updatercd_postrm() {
-if [ "$D" != "" ]; then
-	update-rc.d -f -r $D ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} remove
+if test "$D" != ""; then
+	OPT="-f -r $D"
 else
-	update-rc.d ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} remove
+	OPT=""
+fi
+if type update-rc.d >/dev/null; then
+	update-rc.d $OPT ${INITSCRIPT_NAME} remove
 fi
 }