diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
index 32fcb18c4..a5ad9700f 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 6.1.41-ipfire Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 6.1.42-ipfire Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="gcc (GCC) 13.1.0"
 CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/filelists/files b/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/filelists/files
index e9ba30a0c..5f0034d81 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/filelists/files
+++ b/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/filelists/files
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
+etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot
 lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin
 lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam19h.bin
 lib/firmware/amdgpu/aldebaran_mec2.bin
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/update.sh
index 818079940..52ef205b0 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/oldcore/177/update.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ rm -f \
 	/opt/pakfire/db/meta/meta-squidclamav \
 	/opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/squidclamav
 
+# remove old rngd if the addon is not installed
+if [ ! -e "/opt/pakfire/db/installed/meta-rng-tools" ]; then
+	rm -fv /usr/bin/randstat \
+		/usr/bin/rngtest \
+		/usr/sbin/rngd \
+		/etc/rc.d/init.d/rngd \
+		/etc/rc.d/rc?.d/*rngd
+fi
+
 # Extract files
 extract_files
 
diff --git a/lfs/linux b/lfs/linux
index 4aa8c08cb..2160482ca 100644
--- a/lfs/linux
+++ b/lfs/linux
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER         = 6.1.41
+VER         = 6.1.42
 ARM_PATCHES = 6.1.y-ipfire2
 
 THISAPP    = linux-$(VER)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ objects = \
 $(DL_FILE)					= $(URL_IPFIRE)/$(DL_FILE)
 arm-multi-patches-$(ARM_PATCHES).patch.xz	= $(URL_IPFIRE)/arm-multi-patches-$(ARM_PATCHES).patch.xz
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 7b67b16cb45e8089a4554c59e5be29fef39acd95013345752f5e57af4f185cc79a5effb13741f643d7a9ef2c99555342cfeb1e859f38303be800d889a35972fe
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 27d506867a44764ca5fb71d36a1732ded064b8d24d2d53bd1b2158db53cc82283a390b46071ed0cd07fdd68a0fd60486e5ec231fc6247f87bc0bea9692d449f9
 arm-multi-patches-$(ARM_PATCHES).patch.xz_BLAKE2 = 7afc460562fb24bcd75784fc79de768f9b60780aedd88d1a847927169e31920bbb475b1ac1466c4a224a7876d16bd8d465b96202de12b74f6e2ccbfcec731ad3
 
 install : $(TARGET)
diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/halt b/src/initscripts/system/halt
index 91c89455c..40a72ac7d 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/halt
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/halt
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
 
 case "${1}" in
 	stop)
-		sync && sync
-		boot_mesg "Remount root readonly..."
-		mount -f -o remount,ro / > /dev/null 2>&1
-		evaluate_retval
-
 		boot_mesg "Prepare for halt..."
 		sleep 2
 
diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/reboot b/src/initscripts/system/reboot
index 30c504025..f87f12921 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/reboot
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/reboot
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 case "${1}" in
 	stop)
-		sync && sync
-		boot_mesg "Remount root readonly..."
-		mount -f -o remount,ro / > /dev/null 2>&1
-		evaluate_retval
 		boot_mesg "Prepare for reboot..."
 		sleep 2
 		reboot -d -f -i