--- sysvinit/src/halt.c
+++ sysvinit/src/halt.c
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ void do_shutdown(char *fl, char *tm)
 	args[i++] = NULL;
 
 	execv("/sbin/shutdown", args);
-	execv("/etc/shutdown", args);
-	execv("/bin/shutdown", args);
 
 	perror("shutdown");
 	exit(1);
--- sysvinit/src/killall5.c
+++ sysvinit/src/killall5.c
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ int mount_proc(void)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		if (pid == 0) {
-			/* Try a few mount binaries. */
-			execv("/sbin/mount", args);
 			execv("/bin/mount", args);
 
 			/* Okay, I give up. */