diff --git a/pkg/init/etc/init.d/000-issue b/pkg/init/etc/init.d/000-issue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b98c331c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/init/etc/init.d/000-issue
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -f /etc/issue ]; then
+	for opt in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+		case "$opt" in
+		console=*)
+			fulltty=${opt#console=}
+			tty=${fulltty%,*}
+			cat /etc/issue >> /dev/$tty
+		esac
+	done
+fi
diff --git a/pkg/init/init b/pkg/init/init
index f27b647b0..a2a82259b 100755
--- a/pkg/init/init
+++ b/pkg/init/init
@@ -1,45 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-setup_console() {
-	tty=${1%,*}
-	speed=${1#*,}
-	inittab="$2"
-	securetty="$3"
-	line=
-	term="linux"
-	[ "$speed" = "$1" ] && speed=115200
-
-	case "$tty" in
-	ttyS*|ttyAMA*|ttyUSB*|ttyMFD*)
-		line="-L"
-		term="vt100"
-		;;
-	tty?)
-		line=""
-		speed="38400"
-		term=""
-		;;
-	esac
-	# skip consoles already in inittab
-	grep -q "^$tty:" "$inittab" && return
-
-	echo "$tty::once:cat /etc/issue" >> "$inittab"
-	echo "$tty::respawn:/sbin/getty -n -l /bin/sh $line $speed $tty $term" >> "$inittab"
-	if ! grep -q -w "$tty" "$securetty"; then
-		echo "$tty" >> "$securetty"
-	fi
-}
-
 /bin/mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
 
 /bin/cp -a / /mnt 2>/dev/null
 
 /bin/mount -t proc -o noexec,nosuid,nodev proc /proc
-for opt in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
-	case "$opt" in
-	console=*)
-		setup_console ${opt#console=} /mnt/etc/inittab /mnt/etc/securetty;;
-	esac
-done
 
 exec /bin/busybox switch_root /mnt /sbin/init