diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
index c08597e725..53c6cfd457 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/mountnfs.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ if test "$rpcbind" = yes
 then
 	if test -x /usr/sbin/rpcbind
 	then
-		service rpcbind status > /dev/null
-		if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+		if ! start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/rpcbind; then
 			echo -n "Starting rpcbind..."
 			start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/rpcbind
 			sleep 2
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index ae386a6281..5e154c0a9b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ DEPENDS:append = " update-rc.d-native"
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-functions ${PN}-sushell"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "initd-functions \
                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','selinux','${PN}-sushell','',d)} \
-                  init-system-helpers-service \
 		 "
 # Recommend pn-functions so that it will be a preferred default provider for initd-functions
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "${PN}-functions"