diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_cleanup
index 5c73646f7..70d390164 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     _install_files
     rm /usr/bin/{3cpio,blkid,gzip,journalctl,less,lsmod,mkfs.btrfs,\
 mountpoint,setfont,sulogin,systemctl}
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system
index 9fc9b9858..12713cea3 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ usr/lib/{coreutils,cryptsetup,gconv,modules-load.d,p11-kit,pam.d,pkcs11,polkit-1
 usr/share/{bash-completion,dbus-1,factory,hwdata,i18n/locales,makepkg,nano,pacman/keyrings,polkit-1,readline,systemd,terminfo} \
 | tar -C "${_ROOTFS}" -xpf -
     # only run on archboot container
-    if grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname; then
+    if rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname; then
         _map _binary locale{-gen,def}
         _map _file /etc/locale.gen /usr/share/locale/locale.alias
         # only support UTF-8
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system_cleanup
index d0874c96c..240e16399 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common_system_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     # remove pacman-init.service
     rm -f /tmp/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pacman-init.service
     rm -f /tmp/etc/systemd/system/pacman-init.service
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
index b6fdba639..4b3947e82 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ _run ()
     # only take services from systemd package
     pacman -Sy &>"${_NO_LOG}"
     #shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    _map _file $(pacman -Ql systemd | grep '/usr/lib/systemd/system/.' | choose 1)
+    _map _file $(pacman -Ql systemd | rg '/usr/lib/systemd/system/.' | choose 1)
     _map _file /usr/lib/sysusers.d/{arch,basic}.conf
     # disable systemd services:
     for i in lvm2-{lvmpolld,monitor} systemd-{boot,random-seed,sysusers\
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_system_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_system_cleanup
index 4d8929853..a0bbd215b 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_system_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_system_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     _install_files
     rm /usr/bin/{\[,addpart,attr,b2sum,base{32,64},basenc,blk{discard,pr,zone},blockdev,bunzip2,\
 bz{cat,diff,grep,ip2,ip2recover,more},cal,capsh,ch{acl,con,cpu,grp,mem,oom,own,root,rt},\
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/cache_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/cache_cleanup
index 8f311daea..df1d18ff4 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/cache_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/cache_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-  ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+  ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
   [[ -d /var/cache/pacman/pkg ]] && rm -r /var/cache/pacman/pkg
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/filesystems_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/filesystems_cleanup
index b775d863d..fbd03cbe6 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/filesystems_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/filesystems_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     _install_files
     rm /usr/bin/{badblocks,blkmapd,btrfs-{find-root,image,map-logical,select-super},btrfs{,ck,tune},\
 chattr,cifscreds,cifs.{idmap,upcall},compile_et,debugfs,\
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/firmware_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/firmware_cleanup
index 9e3340101..d4d47d58f 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/firmware_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/firmware_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     rm -r /lib/firmware
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/mods_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/mods_cleanup
index e58dd1b6f..4e66f3a5c 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/mods_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/mods_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     _install_mods
     rm -r /lib/modules
     _MODS="" _MOD_DEPS=""
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/motd b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/motd
index a5984faf4..d64551c3b 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/motd
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/motd
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ _run ()
     echo -e "|-----------|---------|--------|----------|---------|" >> "${_MOTD}"
     echo -e "| \e[1;92mALT+F1-F4\e[m | \e[1;92mALT+F5\e[m  | \e[1;92mALT+F6\e[m | \e[1;92mALT+F11\e[m  | \e[1;92mALT+F12\e[m |" >> "${_MOTD}"
     echo -e "-----------------------------------------------------" >> "${_MOTD}"
-if  echo "${_HOOKS[@]}" | grep -qw net; then
+if  echo "${_HOOKS[@]}" | rg -qw net; then
     #shellcheck disable=SC2129
     echo -e "\e[1mFor Additional Wi-Fi Authentification Or Online Help:\e[m" >> "${_MOTD}"
     echo -e "  - Use the \e[1;92m'elinks'\e[m text mode browser." >> "${_MOTD}"
 fi
-if  echo "${_HOOKS[@]}" | grep -qw installer; then
+if  echo "${_HOOKS[@]}" | rg -qw installer; then
     #shellcheck disable=SC2129
     echo -e "\e[1mManage Archboot Environment:\e[m" >> "${_MOTD}"
     echo -e "  - Use the \e[1;92m'launcher'\e[m or the expert \e[1;92m'update'\e[m script." >> "${_MOTD}"
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/net_cleanup b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/net_cleanup
index be53e7bef..a89ac37a8 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/net_cleanup
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/net_cleanup
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 _run ()
 {
-    ! grep -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
+    ! rg -qw 'archboot' /etc/hostname && return
     _install_files
     rm /usr/bin/{arpd,arping,bridge,clockdiff,ctstat,dcb,devlink,\
 elinks,ethtool,genl,ifstat,lnstat,nstat,ssh,tracepath,rdma,rtacct,\