diff --git a/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc b/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
index aaf9d7188e8..f6e24ba63a3 100644
--- a/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
+++ b/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ start()
 {
 	: >/etc/profile.d/locale.sh
 	chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+	[ -z "$LOCALE" ] && LOCALE="en_US"
 
 	# Check if requested locale was already created
 	if ! $(locale -a|grep -q $LOCALE.utf8); then
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ start()
 		eend $?
 	fi
 	# Set user defined locale
-	[ -z "$LOCALE" ] && LOCALE="en_US"
 	einfo "Setting system locale [$LOCALE] [UTF-8]"
 	echo "export LANG=$LOCALE.UTF-8" >> /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
 }
diff --git a/templates/OpenRC/template b/templates/OpenRC/template
index 531b6093468..08bbbdd02d0 100644
--- a/templates/OpenRC/template
+++ b/templates/OpenRC/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'OpenRC'
 pkgname=OpenRC
 version=0.5.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=openrc-${version}
 patch_files="xbps-locale-service.diff"
 distfiles="http://roy.marples.name/downloads/openrc/openrc-$version.tar.bz2"
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ pre_configure()
 
 post_install()
 {
-	sed -i -e "s|38400 tty|38400 vc\/|g" ${wrksrc}/support/sysvinit/inittab
 	install -D -m755 ${wrksrc}/support/sysvinit/inittab \
 		${DESTDIR}/etc/inittab
 }