diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
index 148927a4b..f9394907b 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-base
-pkgver=7
+pkgver=8
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Meta package for minimal postmarketOS base"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ _source644="
 	"
 _source755="
 	etc/init.d/deferred-initcalls
-	etc/init.d/devmappings
 	etc/init.d/swapfile
 	etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
 	sbin/swapfile
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ fe0651904c1f40ffa67d83daca190af199f63247e53642a59a1e1147cd06776fcf20b7b2fcc53737
 0b098828080055d3646ea54891cb0e1b578cbc30f5e16f7284f2814c08192f18079a38fb686d192715ae6a3d2cd6625d9e3cf99f234a6f0d94088bb0cb2ce43d  rootfs-etc-udev-rules.d-50-firmware.rules
 75451751862a084415212bf2f90fdb4dac6a75bb063a411e15c9060f8c7f0b0b8c994dd6ba964d00a249eb80f5a0665d9cfdf75923af6de47f9723b10e61e9a7  rootfs-etc-os-release
 5fd6dd7f9941e975a6ce559924eb252606943276dc09455bbeb05ff718ecd28f20a08eee8e04ca580e5af71d4c944c256ec04f07b07286394f5dfedfa59273e7  rootfs-etc-init.d-deferred-initcalls
-dadd251229eb5759e3cba77c39a4afc6f28bcbe0f272cd3ab41b7ff4fe6a3d2b9ee765e1a0b8f9241274e757ed3b2ce035ee5abe91843e55fb4188a3c401ca78  rootfs-etc-init.d-devmappings
 f5cc0f1265955d2646e5f099dd4b5d4c287945bfc18c16044db57670d456f55c678fc11cc59e6dab3fa340832ce869d516302a3a35c13518539ed0cedca51819  rootfs-etc-init.d-swapfile
 7b34e861bc4ec57d970d2a7aacca36e3c3742a63ff995af1336f80b666e4a38c1035b35e129322e0d62dc75011bfaf495eb2bcae5392f2bf39f1d7b1400afcce  rootfs-etc-polkit-1-rules.d-50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
 3ceeee37f558e7c95ad973692b6a437f997e6b46c3d1c2257ddfb1529a5633477373aa123c7f08164e818daae50acb203d151379f27ca11bd458809e6a0d4de7  rootfs-sbin-swapfile
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install b/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
index efa151dbf..e0d434414 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
+++ b/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 setup-udev -n
 
 # Enable other OpenRC services
-for service in devfs dmesg devmappings; do
+for service in devfs dmesg; do
 	rc-update -q add $service sysinit
 done
 for service in hwclock modules sysctl hostname bootmisc syslog; do
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base/rootfs-etc-init.d-devmappings b/main/postmarketos-base/rootfs-etc-init.d-devmappings
deleted file mode 100644
index f529dfe83..000000000
--- a/main/postmarketos-base/rootfs-etc-init.d-devmappings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-description="Add partition devmappings"
-
-depend()
-{
-        before root
-}
-
-start()
-{
-        partitions="$(grep -v "loop\|ram" < /proc/diskstats |\
-                sed 's/\(\s\+[0-9]\+\)\+\s\+//;s/ .*//;s/^/\/dev\//')"
-        echo "$partitions" | while read -r partition; do
-                case "$(kpartx -l "$partition" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" in
-                        2)
-                                einfo "Mount subpartitions of $partition"
-                                # On some devices (e. g. htc vision) this kpartx command can fail
-                                # with a non-zero exit code on some unrelated partitions, which would
-                                # normally cause the loop to abort. But we still need to find the
-                                # root partition, hence the "|| continue"
-                                kpartx -afs "$partition" || continue
-                                # Ensure that this was the *correct* subpartition
-                                # Some devices have mmc partitions that appear to have
-                                # subpartitions, but aren't our subpartition.
-                                if blkid | grep -q "pmOS_boot"; then
-                                        break
-                                fi
-                                kpartx -d "$partition"
-                                continue
-                                ;;
-                        *)
-                                continue
-                                ;;
-                esac
-        done
-}