diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/base/init b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
index 964a1df70..9b77ed02c 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/base/init
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/base/init
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ echo "/sbin/modprobe" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
 for cmd in ${CMDLINE}; do
     case "${cmd}" in
 	\#*) break ;; # ignore everything after a # in the commandline
-        [0123456Ss]) export runlevel="${cmd}" ;;
-        single) export runlevel="S" ;; #some people use 'single'
+        # The kernel passes those to the kernel on its own
+        [0123456Ss]) ;;
+        single) ;;
         #Allow "init=X" to pass-through
         init=*) kinit_params="${kinit_params} ${cmd}" ;;
         # only export stuff that does work with dash :)
@@ -132,5 +133,5 @@ else
     		/bin/kill -9 ${udevpid}
     		/bin/sleep 0.01
 	fi
-	exec /bin/kinit -- "root=${root}" ${kinit_params} "${runlevel}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+	exec /bin/kinit "$@" -- "root=${root}" ${kinit_params} > /dev/null 2>&1
 fi
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