diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
index a649213..49a083a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg.inc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 PKGSUFFIX = ""
 PKGSUFFIX_virtclass-nativesdk = "-nativesdk"
 
-# Define a variable to allow distros to run configure earlier.
-# (for example, to enable loading of ethernet kernel modules before networking starts)
-POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION ?= "98"
+do_install_prepend() {
+  install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d
+  install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/configure ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S40configure
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/add_vercmp.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/add_vercmp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1203c54..0000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/add_vercmp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [function not used]
-
-Index: trunk/libopkg/opkg.c
-===================================================================
---- trunk.orig/libopkg/opkg.c	2010-01-26 20:32:19.000000000 +0000
-+++ trunk/libopkg/opkg.c	2010-01-26 20:40:34.000000000 +0000
-@@ -876,3 +876,18 @@
- 
- 	return ret;
- }
-+
-+int
-+opkg_compare_versions (const char *ver1, const char *ver2)
-+{
-+  pkg_t *pkg1, *pkg2;
-+
-+  pkg1 = pkg_new();
-+  pkg2 = pkg_new();
-+
-+  parse_version(pkg1, ver1);
-+  parse_version(pkg2, ver2);
-+
-+  return pkg_compare_versions(pkg1, pkg2);
-+}
-+
-Index: trunk/libopkg/opkg.h
-===================================================================
---- trunk.orig/libopkg/opkg.h	2010-01-26 20:32:19.000000000 +0000
-+++ trunk/libopkg/opkg.h	2010-01-26 20:35:19.000000000 +0000
-@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@
- 
- int opkg_repository_accessibility_check(void);
- 
-+int opkg_compare_versions (const char *ver1, const char *ver2);
-+
- #endif /* OPKG_H */
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/configure b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/configure
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..633d8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# get splash funcs
+if [ -f /etc/default/splashfuncs ]; then
+  . /etc/default/splashfuncs
+## tell boot status to "pulsate" really long busy cycle here
+status_pulse || true
+fi
+
+# run configure in bg
+if [  -f /etc/default/splashfuncs ]; then
+  opkg-cl configure &
+  PID=$!
+  
+  # while configure still running loop
+  while test -d /proc/$PID; do
+  # tick to splash so it doesn't time out
+    status_tick || true
+    sleep 1
+  done
+else
+  opkg-cl configure
+fi
+
+# delete myself
+rm -f /etc/rcS.d/S40configure
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/headerfix.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/headerfix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b3515a0..0000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg/headerfix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Without this, the FILE reference in this header can cause compile issues.
-
-RP - 29/1/10
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Index: trunk/libopkg/pkg_dest.h
-===================================================================
---- trunk.orig/libopkg/pkg_dest.h	2010-01-29 09:37:22.000000000 +0000
-+++ trunk/libopkg/pkg_dest.h	2010-01-29 09:37:33.000000000 +0000
-@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
- #ifndef PKG_DEST_H
- #define PKG_DEST_H
- 
-+#include <stdio.h>
-+
- typedef struct pkg_dest pkg_dest_t;
- struct pkg_dest
- {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
index 5964a47..879af3b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg/opkg_svn.bb
@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH_update-alternatives-cworth = "all"
 RREPLACES_${PN} = "opkg-nogpg"
 
 SRC_URI = "svn://opkg.googlecode.com/svn;module=trunk;proto=http \
-           file://add_vercmp.patch \
-           file://headerfix.patch \
-"
+           file://configure \
+          "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/trunk"
 
 SRCREV = "609"
 PV = "0.1.8+svnr${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "libopkg${PKGSUFFIX}-dev libopkg${PKGSUFFIX} update-alternatives-cworth${PKGSUFFIX}"
 
@@ -32,22 +31,10 @@ do_install_append() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
-	install -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/${sysconfdir}/rcS.d
-	# this happens at S98 where our good 'ole packages script used to run
-	echo "#!/bin/sh
-opkg-cl configure
-rm -f /${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}configure
-" > $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}configure
-	chmod 0755 $D${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S${POSTINSTALL_INITPOSITION}configure
-fi
-
-update-alternatives --install ${bindir}/opkg opkg ${bindir}/opkg-cl 100
+	update-alternatives --install ${bindir}/opkg opkg ${bindir}/opkg-cl 100
 }
 
 pkg_postrm_${PN} () {
-#!/bin/sh
-update-alternatives --remove opkg ${bindir}/opkg-cl
+	update-alternatives --remove opkg ${bindir}/opkg-cl
 }