diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 6aa9179a9..41de63a64 100755
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     INFO("reading config file\n");
     init_parse_config_file("/init.rc");
-    snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/init.%s.rc", hardware);
-    init_parse_config_file(tmp);
 
     action_for_each_trigger("early-init", action_add_queue_tail);
 
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 822ae0254..8041b93a3 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import /init.${ro.hardware}.rc
+
 on early-init
     # Set init and its forked children's oom_adj.
     write /proc/1/oom_adj -16