1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
index 358fc6edb3..514618770a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
+++ b/meta/packages/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/functions
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ cpuinfo_id() {		# return the Hardware module ID
 }
 
 killproc() {            # kill the named process(es)
-    pid=`/bin/ps -e x |
-         /bin/grep $1 |
-         /bin/grep -v grep |
-         /bin/sed -e 's/^  *//' -e 's/ .*//'`
+    pid=`/bin/pidof $1`
     [ "$pid" != "" ] && kill $pid
 }