diff --git a/cmd/control/console_init.go b/cmd/control/console_init.go
index 41325e9f..83437eb3 100644
--- a/cmd/control/console_init.go
+++ b/cmd/control/console_init.go
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ func consoleInitAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/dockerd", "/usr/bin/dockerd"},
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker-proxy", "/usr/bin/docker-proxy"},
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker-runc", "/usr/bin/docker-runc"},
-		{"/usr/share/rancher/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release"},
-		{"/usr/share/rancher/os-release", "/etc/os-release"},
+		{"/usr/share/ros/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release"},
+		{"/usr/share/ros/os-release", "/etc/os-release"},
 	} {
 		syscall.Unlink(link.newname)
 		if err := os.Symlink(link.oldname, link.newname); err != nil {
diff --git a/os-config.tpl.yml b/os-config.tpl.yml
index 05d12c3d..16229f20 100644
--- a/os-config.tpl.yml
+++ b/os-config.tpl.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ rancher:
       read_only: true
       volumes:
       - /usr/bin/ros:/usr/bin/ros:ro
-      - /usr/share/rancher:/usr/share/rancher:ro
     console:
       image: {{.OS_REPO}}/os-console:{{.VERSION}}{{.SUFFIX}}
       command: ros console-init
diff --git a/scripts/layout b/scripts/layout
index fcf34091..40d52d8a 100755
--- a/scripts/layout
+++ b/scripts/layout
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ ln -s ros                      ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/bin/docker-runc
 ln -s ../../../../usr/bin/ros  ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/var/lib/cni/bin/bridge
 ln -s ../../../../usr/bin/ros  ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/var/lib/cni/bin/host-local
 
+cat <<HERE > ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/os-release
+NAME="RancherOS"
+VERSION=${VERSION}
+ID=rancheros
+ID_LIKE=
+VERSION_ID=${VERSION}
+PRETTY_NAME="RancherOS ${VERSION}"
+HOME_URL="http://rancher.com/rancher-os/"
+SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.rancher.com/c/rancher-os"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/rancher/os/issues"
+BUILD_ID=
+HERE
+
 # Support upgrades from old persistent consoles that bind mount these
 touch ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/bin/docker-containerd
 touch ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/bin/docker-containerd-shim
diff --git a/scripts/package-rootfs b/scripts/package-rootfs
index 3671c3c3..cba25bf8 100755
--- a/scripts/package-rootfs
+++ b/scripts/package-rootfs
@@ -22,26 +22,6 @@ if [ "$(docker info | grep 'Storage Driver: ' | sed 's/Storage Driver: //')" !=
     exit 0
 fi
 
-mkdir -p ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/rancher/
-cat <<HERE > ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/rancher/os-release
-NAME="RancherOS"
-VERSION=${VERSION}
-ID=rancheros
-ID_LIKE=
-VERSION_ID=${VERSION}
-PRETTY_NAME="RancherOS ${VERSION}"
-HOME_URL="http://rancher.com/rancher-os/"
-SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.rancher.com/c/rancher-os"
-BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/rancher/os/issues"
-BUILD_ID=
-HERE
-
-# need to make relative links to the os-release file
-mkdir -p ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/lib
-cd ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/lib
-ln -s ../share/rancher/os-release os-release
-cd $(dirname $0)/..
-
 DFS=$(docker run -d --privileged -v /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r) ${DFS_IMAGE}${SUFFIX} ${DFS_ARGS})
 trap "docker rm -fv ${DFS_ARCH} ${DFS}" EXIT
 docker exec -i ${DFS} docker load < ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/share/ros/images.tar