diff --git a/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/files b/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/files
index 294ba1fd3..43a11d5f6 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/files
+++ b/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/files
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 opt/pakfire/db/core/mine
-etc/mkinitcpio.conf
 etc/init.d/mISDN
 etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
 usr/bin/bc
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/mkinitcpio b/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/mkinitcpio
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..da84b4728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/updater/filelists/mkinitcpio
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../common/mkinitcpio
\ No newline at end of file