diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index e6c86b5dc..945c9be31 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 all:	initrd.img
 
 ETCFILES=etc/issue etc/motd etc/network/interfaces
-ETCFILES+=etc/resolv.conf- etc/hosts-
 ETCFILES+=etc/securetty
 
 initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh repositories $(ETCFILES)
diff --git a/alpine/etc/hosts- b/alpine/etc/hosts-
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d139c5b8..000000000
--- a/alpine/etc/hosts-
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-127.0.0.1	localhost
-::1	localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
-fe00::0	ip6-localnet
-ff00::0	ip6-mcastprefix
-ff02::1	ip6-allnodes
-ff02::2	ip6-allrouters
diff --git a/alpine/etc/resolv.conf- b/alpine/etc/resolv.conf-
deleted file mode 100644
index fbdb06b89..000000000
--- a/alpine/etc/resolv.conf-
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-nameserver 8.8.8.8
-nameserver 8.8.4.4
-nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
-nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844
diff --git a/alpine/mkinitrd.sh b/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
index 5c73a778d..30403a4ca 100755
--- a/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
+++ b/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
@@ -43,9 +43,24 @@ mknod -m 600 sdb6 b 8 22
 mkdir pty
 
 # these three files are bind mounted in by docker so they are not what we want
-cd /tmp/etc
-mv hosts- hosts
-mv resolv.conf- resolv.conf
+
+cat << EOF > /tmp/etc/hosts
+127.0.0.1	localhost
+::1	localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+fe00::0	ip6-localnet
+ff00::0	ip6-mcastprefix
+ff02::1	ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2	ip6-allrouters
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > /tmp/etc/resolv.conf
+nameserver 8.8.8.8
+nameserver 8.8.4.4
+nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
+nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844
+EOF
+
+printf 'docker' > /tmp/etc/hostname
 
 rm /tmp/bin/mkinitrd.sh