diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton-init-finit.mk b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton-init-finit.mk
index f1229ca8..2640cf89 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton-init-finit.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton-init-finit.mk
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QUAGGA
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SMCROUTE),y)
 define SKELETON_INIT_FINIT_SET_SMCROUTE
 	cp $(SKELETON_INIT_FINIT_AVAILABLE)/smcroute.conf $(FINIT_D)/available/
-	ln -sf ../available/smcroute.conf $(FINIT_D)/enabled/smcroute.conf
 endef
 SKELETON_INIT_FINIT_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += SKELETON_INIT_FINIT_SET_SMCROUTE
 endif
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/smcroute.conf b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/smcroute.conf
index b06aaf76..792262b2 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/smcroute.conf
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/smcroute.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-service [2345] smcrouted -ns -- Static multicast routing daemon
+service [2345789] env:-/etc/default/smcrouted \
+	smcrouted -ns $SMCROUTE_OPTS $SMCROUTE_ARGS -- Static multicast routing daemon