diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
index 198fa9ba4160..bd0f820f21bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ postInstall() {
 	rm -rf $out/sbin
 	rm -rf $out/include
 	rm -rf $out/share/man/man5
-	rm -rf $out/share/man/man8
+	rm $(for i in $out/share/man/man8/*; do echo $i; done | grep -v 'pidof\|killall5')
     fi
 }