diff --git a/finit-alt.c b/finit-alt.c
index 6fadce40..9ac6d74c 100644
--- a/finit-alt.c
+++ b/finit-alt.c
@@ -377,13 +377,9 @@ int main()
 	/*
 	 * Time adjustments
 	 */
-	if ((fd = open("/etc/adjtime", O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC, 0644)) >= 0) {
-		write(fd, "0.0 0 0.0\n", 10);
-		close(fd);
-	}
 	_d("adjust clock");
 #ifndef NO_HCTOSYS
-	system("/sbin/hwclock --hctosys --localtime" HWCLOCK_DIRECTISA);
+	system("/sbin/hwclock --hctosys" HWCLOCK_DIRECTISA);
 #endif
 
 	/*
@@ -573,7 +569,7 @@ void shutdown(int sig)
 	sleep(2);
 
 	system("/usr/sbin/alsactl store > /dev/null 2>&1");
-	system("/sbin/hwclock --systohc --localtime" HWCLOCK_DIRECTISA);
+	system("/sbin/hwclock --systohc" HWCLOCK_DIRECTISA);
 
 	kill(-1, SIGKILL);