diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/images/citadel-initramfs-image.bb b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/images/citadel-initramfs-image.bb
index 03d464a..190e50b 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/images/citadel-initramfs-image.bb
+++ b/meta-citadel/recipes-initrd/images/citadel-initramfs-image.bb
@@ -104,3 +104,9 @@ inherit core-image
 
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "0"
+
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_blk_availability; "
+
+remove_blk_availability() {
+    rm ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${systemd_system_unitdir}/blk-availability.service
+}