diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 4bf1b10..f916cf5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ package_install_internal_ipk() {
 
 	mkdir -p ${target_rootfs}${localstatedir}/lib/opkg/
 
-	local ipkg_args="-f ${conffile} -o ${target_rootfs} --force-overwrite --force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
+	local ipkg_args="-f ${conffile} -o ${target_rootfs} --force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
 
 	opkg-cl ${ipkg_args} update
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 8b04bcd..9cdf96e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
 
 do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${WORKDIR}/ipk.lock"
 
-IPKG_ARGS = "-f ${IPKGCONF_TARGET} -o ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --force-overwrite --prefer-arch-to-version"
+IPKG_ARGS = "-f ${IPKGCONF_TARGET} -o ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --prefer-arch-to-version"
 # The _POST version also works when constructing the matching SDK
-IPKG_ARGS_POST = "-f ${IPKGCONF_TARGET} -o $INSTALL_ROOTFS_IPK --force-overwrite --prefer-arch-to-version"
+IPKG_ARGS_POST = "-f ${IPKGCONF_TARGET} -o $INSTALL_ROOTFS_IPK --prefer-arch-to-version"
 
 OPKG_PREPROCESS_COMMANDS = "package_update_index_ipk; package_generate_ipkg_conf"