diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index fc3ec190..00159383 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 0.2 ()
 	- replace system("touch") with touch() in finit-mod (Metalshark)
 	- disable NO_HCTOSYS by default to match stock Eeepc kernel
+	- drop system("rm -f") to clean /tmp, its a fresh mounted tmpfs
 
 0.1 (20081214)
 	- initial release
diff --git a/README b/README
index c3ba8677..651d9290 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ problems related to udev and pam.
     /etc/init.d/portmap start
     /etc/init.d/nfs-common start
 
+3 - Create /etc/hostname if you don't have it already
diff --git a/finit-alt.c b/finit-alt.c
index 39cadfe1..a90b09a0 100644
--- a/finit-alt.c
+++ b/finit-alt.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ int main()
 	/*
 	 * Misc setup
 	 */
-	system("/bin/rm -rf /tmp/* /tmp/.* 2>/dev/null");
 	unlink("/var/run/.clean");
 	unlink("/var/lock/.clean");
 	umask(0);
diff --git a/finit-mod.c b/finit-mod.c
index 3f3eed4d..1e8f9f2c 100644
--- a/finit-mod.c
+++ b/finit-mod.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Changelog from the original Eeepc fastinit:
 - Omit first hwclock if user has CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS in kernel (by Metalshark)
 - Add –directisa to hwclock if user has disabled CONFIG_GENRTC and enabled
   CONFIG_RTC but not CONFIG_HPET_TIMER and CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ (by Metalshark)
+- Drop system() call to clean /tmp, it's a fresh mounted tmpfs
 
 */
 
@@ -225,7 +226,6 @@ int main()
 	/*
 	 * Misc setup
 	 */
-	system("/bin/rm -rf /tmp/* /tmp/.* 2>/dev/null");
 	unlink("/var/run/.clean");
 	unlink("/var/lock/.clean");
 	umask(0);
diff --git a/finit.c b/finit.c
index 80842115..f0f31285 100644
--- a/finit.c
+++ b/finit.c
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ int main()
 	/*
 	 * Misc setup
 	 */
+	/* not really needed, /tmp is a fresh mounted tmpfs */
 	system("/bin/rm -rf /tmp/* /tmp/.* 2>/dev/null");
+
 	unlink("/var/run/.clean");
 	unlink("/var/lock/.clean");
 	umask(0);