diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ab13e119c6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Miminum memory that the system should have for preload to be launched.
-# In megabytes.
-MIN_MEMORY="256"
-
-# Command-line arguments to pass to the daemon.  Read preload(8) man page
-# for available options.
-OPTS="--verbose 1 -l ''"
-
-# Option to call ionice with.  Leave empty to skip ionice.
-IONICE_OPTS="-c3"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run
index fa55abe07d7..3b43d641f48 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/files/preload/run
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 exec 2>&1
 [ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
-MIN_MEMORY=${MIN_MEMORY:-256}
+
+# Miminum memory that the system should have for preload to be launched.
+# In megabytes.
+: ${MIN_MEMORY:=256}
+
+# Command-line arguments to pass to the daemon.  Read preload(8) man page
+# for available options.
+: ${OPTS:="--verbose 1 -l ''"}
+
+# Option to call ionice with.  Leave empty to skip ionice.
+: ${IONICE_OPTS:=-c3}
+
 free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {exit ($2 >= ('"$MIN_MEMORY"'))?0:1}' || exit 0
 
 if [ -n "$IONICE_OPTS" ]; then
diff --git a/srcpkgs/preload/template b/srcpkgs/preload/template
index 28ceb5bcd91..fd90d69b4e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/preload/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/preload/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'preload'
 pkgname=preload
 version=0.6.4
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel"
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/preload"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d0a558e83cb29a51d9d96736ef39f4b4e55e43a589ad1aec594a048ca22f816b
-configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/etc/rc.d