diff --git a/base/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.conf b/base/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.conf
index 703b29e3c..af4df3282 100644
--- a/base/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.conf
+++ b/base/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.conf
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-if pkginstalled sysvinit; then
-	# this one is cleaner to disable than sysvinit's
-	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-wall'
+if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
+        prefix=
+        set_confopt
 fi
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-wall'