diff --git a/README b/README
index 238af5fd..e43fcb97 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ LIBNAME=lib64
 DESTDIR=/tmp/openrc-image
 MKPAM=pam
 MKPKGCONFIG=no
-MKRCSYS=prefix
 MKSELINUX=yes
 MKSTATICLIBS=no
 MKTERMCAP=ncurses
@@ -34,20 +33,6 @@ LOCAL_PREFIX should be set when to where user maintained packages are.
 Only set LOCAL_PREFIX if different from PKG_PREFIX.
 PREFIX should be set when OpenRC is not installed to /.
 
-MKRCSYS should be set only if you need to specify a default system
-subtype. The subtype should be set to match the type of environment the
-file is installed into, not the virtualization the environment is
-capable of handling. Here is a list of subtypes and their meanings.
-
-jail	FreeBSD jail
-lxc	Linux container
-openvz	Linux OpenVZ
-prefix	Linux and *BSD prefix system
-uml	UsermodeLinux
-vserver	Linux vserver
-xen0 Linux and NetBSD xen0 Domain
-xenU Linux and NetBSD xenU Domain
-
 If any of the following files exist then we do not overwrite them
 /etc/devd.conf
 /etc/rc
diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index 8bcf19ba..53bf47cc 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -24,14 +24,5 @@ SED_EXTRA=	${SED_EXTRA-${OS}}
 
 include ${MK}/scripts.mk
 
-# We can't use "ifndef" here because that treats set-but-empty
-# as not-set which is not what we want
-MKRCSYS ?= automagicplease
-ifeq (${MKRCSYS},automagicplease)
-# If the user isn't picking a default, then have the
-# config go with runtime automagic detection #357247
-rc.conf: SED_EXTRA += -e '/^rc_sys=""/s:^:\#:'
-MKRCSYS =
-endif
 rc.conf: rc.conf.in rc.conf.${OS}
 	${SED} ${SED_REPLACE} ${SED_EXTRA} $^ > $@
diff --git a/etc/rc.conf.FreeBSD b/etc/rc.conf.FreeBSD
index d557213a..d2b6d948 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf.FreeBSD
+++ b/etc/rc.conf.FreeBSD
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 #
 # This should be set to the value representing the environment this file is
 # PRESENTLY in, not the virtualization the environment is capable of.
-rc_sys="@RC_SYS_DEFAULT@"
+#rc_sys=""
 
diff --git a/etc/rc.conf.Linux b/etc/rc.conf.Linux
index e88fc538..d79165d8 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf.Linux
+++ b/etc/rc.conf.Linux
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 # This should be set to the value representing the environment this file is
 # PRESENTLY in, not the virtualization the environment is capable of.
-rc_sys="@RC_SYS_DEFAULT@"
+#rc_sys=""
 
 # This is the number of tty's used in most of the rc-scripts (like
 # consolefont, numlock, etc ...)
diff --git a/etc/rc.conf.NetBSD b/etc/rc.conf.NetBSD
index 864aa55e..af7adf67 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf.NetBSD
+++ b/etc/rc.conf.NetBSD
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 #
 # This should be set to the value representing the environment this file is
 # PRESENTLY in, not the virtualization the environment is capable of.
-rc_sys="@RC_SYS_DEFAULT@"
+#rc_sys=""
 
diff --git a/mk/scripts.mk b/mk/scripts.mk
index 7528c274..7a798217 100644
--- a/mk/scripts.mk
+++ b/mk/scripts.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ _PKG_SED:=		$(shell ${_PKG_SED_SH})
 _LCL_SED_SH=		if test "${PREFIX}" = "${LOCAL_PREFIX}"; then echo "-e 's:@LOCAL_PREFIX@::g'"; else echo "-e 's:@LOCAL_PREFIX@:${LOCAL_PREFIX}:g'"; fi
 _LCL_SED:=		$(shell ${_LCL_SED_SH})
 
-SED_REPLACE=		-e 's:@SHELL@:${SH}:g' -e 's:@LIB@:${LIBNAME}:g' -e 's:@SYSCONFDIR@:${SYSCONFDIR}:g' -e 's:@LIBEXECDIR@:${LIBEXECDIR}:g' -e 's:@PREFIX@:${PREFIX}:g' -e 's:@RC_SYS_DEFAULT@:${MKRCSYS}:g' ${_PKG_SED} ${_LCL_SED}
+SED_REPLACE=		-e 's:@SHELL@:${SH}:g' -e 's:@LIB@:${LIBNAME}:g' -e 's:@SYSCONFDIR@:${SYSCONFDIR}:g' -e 's:@LIBEXECDIR@:${LIBEXECDIR}:g' -e 's:@PREFIX@:${PREFIX}:g' ${_PKG_SED} ${_LCL_SED}
 
 # Tweak our shell scripts
 %.sh: %.sh.in