diff --git a/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf b/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
index 497218c11..db3aa01fb 100644
--- a/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
+++ b/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ set_confopt
 # apply the patches defined in the module-init-tools.desc
 var_append patchfiles ' ' "`match_source_file -p patch`"
 
-mit_pm() {
-	ln -fvs $bindir/lsmod $root$sbindir/lsmod
-
-	cp -vf "$confdir/etc_modprobe.conf.txt" "$root/etc/modprobe.conf"
-}
-
-hook_add postmake 5 "mit_pm"
+hook_add postmake 5 "overlay_apply -q '$confdir/overlay.d'"
 
 #pkginstalled docbook-tools || \	# needs stage filter and proper priorization
 	var_append makeopt ' ' DOCBOOKTOMAN=true
diff --git a/base/module-init-tools/overlay.d/D%sbindir_lsmod.ln b/base/module-init-tools/overlay.d/D%sbindir_lsmod.ln
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..597ebcc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/module-init-tools/overlay.d/D%sbindir_lsmod.ln
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+D_bindir/lsmod
diff --git a/base/module-init-tools/etc_modprobe.conf.txt b/base/module-init-tools/overlay.d/etc_modprobe.d_modprobe.conf.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from base/module-init-tools/etc_modprobe.conf.txt
rename to base/module-init-tools/overlay.d/etc_modprobe.d_modprobe.conf.txt