diff --git a/system/dkimpy-milter.openrc.in b/system/dkimpy-milter.openrc.in
index cd12b11..03358cb 100644
--- a/system/dkimpy-milter.openrc.in
+++ b/system/dkimpy-milter.openrc.in
@@ -7,48 +7,9 @@ required_files="${CONFFILE}"
 
 command="@SBINDIR@/dkimpy-milter"
 pidfile="@RUNSTATEDIR@/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
-command_args="-P ${pidfile} -x ${CONFFILE}"
-extra_commands="checkconfig"
+command_args="-P ${pidfile} ${CONFFILE}"
 
 depend() {
 	use dns logger net
 	before mta
 }
-
-checkconfig() {
-	#
-	# The dkimpy-milter.conf man page says,
-	#
-	#   For parameters that are Boolean in nature, only the first byte
-	#   of the value is processed... For negative values, the following
-	#   are accepted: "F", "f", "N", "n", "0".'
-	#
-	if @GREP@ '^[[:space:]]*Background[[:space:]]\+[FfNn0]' "${CONFFILE}" \
-		>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		eend 1 "${RC_SVCNAME} cannot run in the foreground!"
-	fi
-	if ! "${command}" -n "${command_args}"; then
-		eend 1 "${RC_SVCNAME} configuration check failed"
-	fi
-}
-
-start_pre() {
-	# If this isn't a restart, make sure that the user's config isn't
-	# busted before we try to start the daemon (this will produce
-	# better error messages than if we just try to start it blindly).
-	#
-	# If, on the other hand, this *is* a restart, then the stop_pre
-	# action will have ensured that the config is usable and we don't
-	# need to do that again.
-	if [ "${RC_CMD}" != "restart" ]; then
-		checkconfig || return $?
-	fi
-}
-
-stop_pre() {
-	# If this is a restart, check to make sure the user's config
-	# isn't busted before we stop the running daemon.
-	if [ "${RC_CMD}" = "restart" ]; then
-		checkconfig || return $?
-	fi
-}