diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index d591e08dde..428cc00db1 100755
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ cd /var/run && cp /dev/null utmp && chmod 644 utmp
 
 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
 
+# Make sure /etc/rc.conf doesn't exist.
+if [ -f /etc/rc.conf ]; then
+    rm -rf /etc/rc.conf
+fi
+
 # let the PHP-based configuration subsystem set up the system now
 /etc/rc.bootup