diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
index 1008a1227..05c42c309 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build ()
     DEPENDS="systemd-sysvcompat wget bash coreutils cryptsetup dialog \
              e2fsprogs findutils gawk grep iputils jfsutils less lvm2 mdadm kmod nano \
              ncurses net-tools gnu-netcat ntfsprogs pcmciautils procps-ng psmisc reiserfsprogs sed snarf \
-             sysvinit tar util-linux which wireless_tools xfsprogs dnsutils hdparm memtest86+ \
+             tar util-linux which wireless_tools xfsprogs dnsutils hdparm memtest86+ \
              inetutils openssh hwdetect shadow bridge-utils ifenslave cpupower links \
              dosfstools systemd-tools filesystem linux linux-lts glibc linux-api-headers \
              xinetd links pacman pacman-mirrorlist screen kbd pam dhcpcd bzip2 gcc-libs openssl zlib \