diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index c7d1d3f1e..838380b96 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 FROM alpine:3.4
 
-COPY repositories /etc/apk/
-
 RUN \
   addgroup -g 50 docker && \
   adduser -G docker -u 1001 -s /bin/sh -D -g "Docker" docker && \
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ RUN \
   rc-update add networking boot && \
   rc-update add acpid default && \
   rc-update add chronyd default && \
-  rc-update add cron default && \
+  rc-update add crond default && \
   rc-update add savecache shutdown && \
   rc-update add killprocs shutdown && \
   rc-update add mount-ro shutdown && \
diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index 4ece35e12..67b9f9060 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ all:	initrd.img.gz mobylinux-efi.iso
 ETCFILES=etc/issue etc/motd etc/network/interfaces
 ETCFILES+=etc/securetty
 
-initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh repositories $(ETCFILES)
+initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh $(ETCFILES)
 	rm -f initrd.img
 	$(MAKE) -C packages
 	$(MAKE) -C kernel
diff --git a/alpine/inittab.armhf b/alpine/inittab.armhf
index 85c1256ca..d641de0ab 100644
--- a/alpine/inittab.armhf
+++ b/alpine/inittab.armhf
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # /etc/inittab
 
-::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
-::wait:/sbin/rc default
+::sysinit:/sbin/openrc sysinit
+::sysinit:/sbin/openrc boot
+::wait:/sbin/openrc default
 
 # Put a getty on the serial port
 ttyAMA0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100
diff --git a/alpine/inittab.x86_64 b/alpine/inittab.x86_64
index a9fa9dfe2..7b447a309 100644
--- a/alpine/inittab.x86_64
+++ b/alpine/inittab.x86_64
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # /etc/inittab
 
-::sysinit:/sbin/rc sysinit
-::wait:/sbin/rc default
+::sysinit:/sbin/openrc sysinit
+::sysinit:/sbin/openrc boot
+::wait:/sbin/openrc default
 
 # Put a getty on the serial port
 ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100
diff --git a/alpine/repositories b/alpine/repositories
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a6bfbb4..000000000
--- a/alpine/repositories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main