diff --git a/srcpkgs/vmklive/files/mklive.sh.in b/srcpkgs/vmklive/files/mklive.sh.in
index 576fd625c2d..9d8b3ba29c6 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/vmklive/files/mklive.sh.in
+++ b/srcpkgs/vmklive/files/mklive.sh.in
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ fi
 #
 # The following vars can be overwritten by the config file.
 #
-PACKAGE_REPO="/storage/xbps/packages"
 SYSLINUX_DATADIR="/usr/share/syslinux"
 XBPS_REPO_CMD="xbps-repo"
 XBPS_BIN_CMD="xbps-bin"
@@ -184,9 +183,9 @@ fi
 . $CONFIG_FILE
 
 if [ -z "$PACKAGE_LIST" ]; then
-	PACKAGE_LIST="base-system xbps-casper"
+	PACKAGE_LIST="xbps-casper base-system"
 else
-	PACKAGE_LIST="base-system xbps-casper $PACKAGE_LIST"
+	PACKAGE_LIST="xbps-casper base-system $PACKAGE_LIST"
 fi
 BUILDDIR=$(mktemp --tmpdir="$(pwd)" -d) || exit 1
 BUILDDIR=$(readlink -f $BUILDDIR)
@@ -243,11 +242,7 @@ fi
 #
 # Rebuild the initramfs image with LZMA compression.
 #
-info_msg "Rebuilding and copying initramfs image..."
-sed -i -e "s|COMPRESS=gzip|COMPRESS=lzma|" \
-	"$ROOTFS"/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
-${XBPS_BIN_CMD} -r "$ROOTFS" -f reconfigure kernel || error_out $?
-
+info_msg "Copying initramfs image..."
 cp -f "${INITRD_IMG:-$ROOTFS/boot/initrd.img-${kver}}" \
 	"$BUILDDIR/casper/initrd.lz" || error_out $?
 mkdir -p "$ROOTFS"/cow
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vmklive/template b/srcpkgs/vmklive/template
index 6bad38b0505..e29fe138616 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vmklive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vmklive/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vmklive'
 pkgname=vmklive
-version=0.4.2
+version=0.5.0
 build_style=custom-install
 short_desc="Void GNU/Linux live image maker"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ do_build()
 
 do_install()
 {
-	install -Dm755 ${pkgname}.sh ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/vmklive
+	vinstall ${pkgname}.sh 755 usr/sbin vmklive
 }