diff --git a/finit.c b/finit.c
index 6d3aea04..026a397e 100644
--- a/finit.c
+++ b/finit.c
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 int   debug     = 0;
 int   quiet     = KERNEL_QUIET;	/* Delayed disable of verbose mode. */
 int   verbose   = VERBOSE_MODE;
-int   runlevel  = 0;		/* Bootstrap */
+int   runlevel  = 0;		/* Bootstrap 'S' */
 int   cfglevel  = RUNLEVEL;	/* Fallback if no configured runlevel */
-int   prevlevel = 0;		/* HALT */
+int   prevlevel = -1;
 char *sdown     = NULL;
 char *network   = NULL;
 char *username  = NULL;
diff --git a/service.c b/service.c
index ea5738da..74d77b74 100644
--- a/service.c
+++ b/service.c
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ void service_runlevel(int newlevel)
 	else
 		erase("/etc/nologin");
 
-	if (0 != prevlevel)
+	/* No TTYs run at bootstrap, they have a delayed start. */
+	if (prevlevel > 0)
 		tty_runlevel(runlevel);
 }
 
@@ -869,6 +870,9 @@ void service_monitor(pid_t lost)
 		if (lost != svc->pid)
 			continue;
 
+		if (!prevlevel && svc_clean_bootstrap(svc))
+			continue;
+
 		if (SVC_TYPE_SERVICE != svc->type) {
 			svc->pid = 0;
 			continue;
diff --git a/svc.c b/svc.c
index 0bfddbc8..5b4ae777 100644
--- a/svc.c
+++ b/svc.c
@@ -359,6 +359,24 @@ void svc_clean_dynamic(void (*cb)(svc_t *))
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * svc_clean_bootstrap - Remove bootstrap-only services after boot
+ * @svc: Pointer to &svc_t object
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * %TRUE(1) if object was bootstrap-only, otherwise %FALSE(0)
+ */
+int svc_clean_bootstrap(svc_t *svc)
+{
+	if (!ISOTHER(svc->runlevels, 0)) {
+		svc->pid = 0;
+		svc_del(svc);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 char *svc_status(svc_t *svc)
 {
 	if (svc->pid)
diff --git a/svc.h b/svc.h
index 1a6ed49f..ab70f4bf 100644
--- a/svc.h
+++ b/svc.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ void	  svc_foreach_dynamic  (void (*cb)(svc_t *));
 void	  svc_mark_dynamic     (void);
 void	  svc_check_dirty      (svc_t *svc, time_t mtime);
 void	  svc_clean_dynamic    (void (*cb)(svc_t *));
+int	  svc_clean_bootstrap  (svc_t *svc);
 
 char     *svc_status           (svc_t *svc);
 int       svc_next_id          (char *cmd);