diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index c9c06ad1..14cf2979 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ rc_deptree_update(void)
 	char *depend, *depends, *service, *type, *nosys, *onosys;
 	size_t i, k, l;
 	bool retval = true;
-	const char *sys = rc_sys();
+	const char *sys = NULL;
 	struct utsname uts;
 
 	/* Some init scripts need RC_LIBEXECDIR to source stuff
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ rc_deptree_update(void)
 
 	/* Phase 2 - if we're a special system, remove services that don't
 	 * work for them. This doesn't stop them from being run directly. */
+	sys = detect_container();
+		if (!sys)
+			sys = detect_vm();
 	if (sys) {
 		len = strlen(sys);
 		nosys = xmalloc(len + 2);
diff --git a/src/rc/_usage.c b/src/rc/_usage.c
index 2ab0fa6d..a6bad4db 100644
--- a/src/rc/_usage.c
+++ b/src/rc/_usage.c
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ show_version(void)
 	const char *systype = NULL;
 
 	printf("%s (OpenRC", applet);
-	if ((systype = rc_sys()))
+	systype = detect_container();
+	if (!systype)
+		systype = detect_vm();
+	if (systype)
 		printf(" [%s]", systype);
 	printf(") %s", VERSION);
 #ifdef BRANDING
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index 1e2af0ab..263c0eda 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ env_config(void)
 	char *np;
 	char *npp;
 	char *tok;
-	const char *sys = rc_sys();
+	const char *sys = NULL;
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 
 	/* Ensure our PATH is prefixed with the system locations first
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ env_config(void)
 	} else
 		setenv("RC_DEFAULTLEVEL", RC_LEVEL_DEFAULT, 1);
 
-	if (sys)
+	sys = detect_container();
+	if (!sys)
+		sys = detect_vm();
 		setenv("RC_SYS", sys, 1);
 
 #ifdef PREFIX
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index 8f69333c..ddc3c789 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ open_shell(void)
 	struct passwd *pw;
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-	const char *sys = rc_sys();
+	const char *sys = NULL;
+	
+	sys = detect_container();
+	if (!sys)
+		sys = detect_vm();
 
 	/* VSERVER and OPENVZ systems cannot really drop to shells */
 	if (sys &&
@@ -480,7 +484,10 @@ do_sysinit()
 	    uts.machine);
 #endif
 
-	if ((sys = rc_sys()))
+	sys = detect_container();
+	if (!sys)
+		sys = detect_vm();
+	if (sys)
 		printf(" [%s]", sys);
 
 	printf("%s\n\n", ecolor(ECOLOR_NORMAL));
@@ -495,7 +502,10 @@ do_sysinit()
 
 	/* init may have mounted /proc so we can now detect or real
 	 * sys */
-	if ((sys = rc_sys()))
+	sys = detect_container();
+	if (!sys)
+		sys = detect_vm();
+	if (sys)
 		setenv("RC_SYS", sys, 1);
 }
 
@@ -846,7 +856,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			eerrorx("%s: %s", applet, strerror(errno));
 			/* NOTREACHED */
 		case 'S':
-			systype = rc_sys();
+			systype = detect_container();
+			if (!systype)
+				systype = detect_vm();
 			if (systype)
 				printf("%s\n", systype);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);