diff --git a/init.d/urandom.in b/init.d/urandom.in
index 8b7072c1..82020853 100644
--- a/init.d/urandom.in
+++ b/init.d/urandom.in
@@ -21,15 +21,9 @@ depend()
 
 save_seed()
 {
-	local psz=1
-
-	if [ -e /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize ]; then
-		: $(( psz = $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize) / 4096 ))
-	fi
-
 	(	# sub shell to prevent umask pollution
 		umask 077
-		dd if=/dev/urandom of="$urandom_seed" count=${psz} 2>/dev/null
+		dd if=/dev/urandom of="$urandom_seed" count=1 2>/dev/null
 	)
 }