diff --git a/meta-atp/conf/machine/gem5-atp-arm64.conf b/meta-atp/conf/machine/gem5-atp-arm64.conf
index d5fe22a7..4d0adac8 100644
--- a/meta-atp/conf/machine/gem5-atp-arm64.conf
+++ b/meta-atp/conf/machine/gem5-atp-arm64.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "gem5-arm64:"
 GEM5_RUN_PROFILE = "configs/baremetal_atp.py"
 # Require m5term
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "gem5-m5term-native"
-# Require ATP kernel modules, user API and gem5 m5ops
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-module-atp atp-uapi gem5-m5ops"
+# Require ATP kernel modules, user API and gem5 m5readfile
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-module-atp atp-uapi gem5-m5readfile"
 # Optionally provide ATP kernel tests
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "atp-test"
diff --git a/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops_20.bbappend b/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops_20.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ba0c3ca..00000000
--- a/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops_20.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-inherit update-rc.d
-
-FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:"
-
-# Add startup script calling m5 readfile for automatic checkpoint and restore
-SRC_URI += "file://m5-readfile.sh"
-
-INITSCRIPT_NAME = "m5-readfile.sh"
-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 99"
-
-do_install:append() {
-    install -d ${D}/${INIT_D_DIR}
-    install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/m5-readfile.sh ${D}/${INIT_D_DIR}
-}
diff --git a/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile.bb b/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile.bb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cddc270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+inherit update-rc.d
+
+SUMMARY = "Enables reading any script at simulation launch time"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/BSD-3-Clause;md5=550794465ba0ec5312d6919e203a55f9"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://m5-readfile.sh"
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "m5-readfile.sh"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 99"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}/${INIT_D_DIR}
+    install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/m5-readfile.sh ${D}/${INIT_D_DIR}
+}
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "gem5-m5ops"
diff --git a/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops/m5-readfile.sh b/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile/m5-readfile.sh
similarity index 65%
rename from meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops/m5-readfile.sh
rename to meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile/m5-readfile.sh
index 44477e96..edf79b84 100755
--- a/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5ops/m5-readfile.sh
+++ b/meta-atp/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-m5readfile/m5-readfile.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Provides:         m5-readfile
 # Required-Start:   $all
 # Default-Start:    5
-# Description:      Enables reading any script at simulation launch time.
+# Description:      Enables reading any script at simulation launch time.
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 m5 readfile | sh