diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
index 97ecc51c4d..50842e2fb6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "60bbc8c1e1792056e23761d22960b30bb13eccc2cabff8c7310a01f4d5
 S = "${WORKDIR}/sysvinit-${PV}"
 B = "${S}/src"
 
-inherit update-alternatives useradd
-DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native"
+inherit update-alternatives
+DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native base-passwd"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init mountpoint halt reboot runlevel shutdown poweroff last mesg utmpdump wall"
 
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[sulogin.8] = "${mandir}/man8/sulogin.8"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[utmpdump.1] = "${mandir}/man1/utmpdump.1"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[wall.1] = "${mandir}/man1/wall.1"
 
-USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-GROUPADD_PARAM_${PN} = "--system shutdown"
-
 PACKAGES =+ "sysvinit-pidof sysvinit-sulogin"
 FILES_${PN} += "${base_sbindir}/* ${base_bindir}/*"
 FILES_sysvinit-pidof = "${base_bindir}/pidof.sysvinit ${base_sbindir}/killall5"