diff --git a/init.d.FreeBSD/clock b/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
index 57829f2f..f26bef2a 100644
--- a/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
+++ b/init.d.FreeBSD/clock
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ depend()
 	# BSD adjkerntz needs to be able to write to /etc
 	if [ "${clock}" = "UTC" -a -e /etc/wall_cmos_clock ] ||
 	   [ "${clock}" != "UTC" -a ! -e /etc/wall_cmos_clock ]; then
-		need checkroot
+		need root
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/clock b/init.d.Linux/clock
index 898fc906..a6305e92 100755
--- a/init.d.Linux/clock
+++ b/init.d.Linux/clock
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 depend()
 {
 	if yesno ${clock_adjfile}; then
-		use checkroot
+		use root
 	else
 		before *
 	fi
diff --git a/init.d.Linux/modules b/init.d.Linux/modules
index a6952651..f4f9a895 100755
--- a/init.d.Linux/modules
+++ b/init.d.Linux/modules
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ description="Loads a user defined list of kernel modules."
 
 depend()
 {
-	need checkroot
 	use isapnp
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rc/runscript.c b/src/rc/runscript.c
index 9324203a..c52ae157 100644
--- a/src/rc/runscript.c
+++ b/src/rc/runscript.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static bool svc_wait (rc_depinfo_t *depinfo, const char *svc)
 	if (! service)
 		return (false);
 
-	/* Some services don't have a timeout, like checkroot and checkfs */
+	/* Some services don't have a timeout, like fsck */
 	keywords = rc_deptree_depend (depinfo, svc, "keywords");
 	STRLIST_FOREACH (keywords, s, i) {
 		if (strcmp (s, "notimeout") == 0) {