diff --git a/templates/metalog/INSTALL b/templates/metalog/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 97502a77a6..0000000000
--- a/templates/metalog/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This script registers the metalog service into the
-# 'default' runlevel, as required by OpenRC.
-#
-
-case "${ACTION}" in
-pre)
-	;;
-post)
-	[ ! -x sbin/rc-update ] && exit 0
-	[ ! -x sbin/rc-service ] && exit 0
-
-	if sbin/rc-service -e ${PKGNAME}; then
-		echo "Registering ${PKGNAME} OpenRC service..."
-		sbin/rc-update add ${PKGNAME} default
-		[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit $?
-		sbin/rc-update -u
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/templates/metalog/REMOVE b/templates/metalog/REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 950cb99a3d..0000000000
--- a/templates/metalog/REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This script unregisters the metalog service from the
-# 'default' runlevel, as required by OpenRC.
-#
-
-case "${ACTION}" in
-pre)
-	[ ! -x sbin/rc-update ] && exit 0
-	[ ! -x sbin/rc-service ] && exit 0
-
-	if sbin/rc-service -e ${PKGNAME}; then
-		echo "Unregistering ${PKGNAME} OpenRC service..."
-		sbin/rc-update del ${PKGNAME} default
-		[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit $?
-		sbin/rc-update -u
-	fi
-	;;
-post)
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/templates/metalog/template b/templates/metalog/template
index 92f01f4fbd..33ef35e4f8 100644
--- a/templates/metalog/template
+++ b/templates/metalog/template
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ long_desc="
  and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions."
 
 conf_files="/etc/metalog.conf"
+openrc_services="metalog default"
+triggers="openrc-service"
 
 Add_dependency full glibc
 Add_dependency full pcre
 Add_dependency full bzip2
 Add_dependency build lzma-utils
+Add_dependency run  OpenRC
 
 post_install()
 {