diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index edd84fb..53099e9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
 	
 	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}/lists/*
 
+	if ${@base_contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "package-management", "false", "true", d)}; then
+		if [ $runtime_script_required -eq 0 ]; then
+			# All packages were successfully configured, status file no longer required
+			rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	log_check rootfs 	
 }