diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-install b/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-install
index dd4d2c70759..63df21d568c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-install
+++ b/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-install
@@ -4,32 +4,12 @@
 #
 # Arguments passed to this script: $1 pkgname, $2 version.
 #
-PKGNAME="${1}"
-VERSION="${2}"
 
-boot="${ROOTDIR}/boot"
-etc="${ROOTDIR}/etc"
-entries="${etc}/lilo.d"
-name="void-${VERSION}"
-entry="${entries}/${name}.conf"
+[ -x "$(command -v lilo)" ] || \
+	return 0
 
-[ -d "${boot}" ] && [ -d "${etc}" ] || exit 0
-mkdir -p "${entries}"
-
-cat <<-EOF > "${entry}"
-image = /${boot}/vmlinuz-${VERSION}
-	label  = "${name}"
-	initrd = /${boot}/initramfs-${VERSION}.img
-EOF
-
-# Replace existing default entry with this one
-echo "default=${name}" > "${entries}/default.conf"
-
-conf="$(mktemp)"
-cat "${etc}/lilo.conf" "${entries}"/*.conf > "${conf}"
-
-[ -x "$(command -v lilo)" ] && \
-	lilo -C "${conf}"
-
-# Remove temporary config file
-rm -f "${conf}"
+if [ -e /etc/lilo.conf ]; then
+	lilo
+elif [ ! -e /etc/lilo.conf ]; then
+	echo "Warning: Not updating LILO. Configuration file wasn't found." 1>&2
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-remove b/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-remove
index 7d7bab1767c..464d15731c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-remove
+++ b/srcpkgs/lilo/files/kernel.d/lilo.post-remove
@@ -4,26 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Arguments passed to this script: $1 pkgname, $2 version.
 #
-PKGNAME="${1}"
-VERSION="${2}"
 
-boot="${ROOTDIR}/boot"
-etc="${ROOTDIR}/etc"
-entries="${etc}/lilo.d"
-name="void-${VERSION}"
-entry="${entries}/${name}.conf"
+[ -x "$(command -v lilo)" ] || \
+	return 0
 
-[ -d "${boot}" ] && [ -d "${etc}" ] || exit 0
-rm -f "${entry}"
-
-# No default entry if the removed one was the default
-sed "/^default=${name}\$/d" -i "${entries}/default.conf"
-
-conf="$(mktemp)"
-cat "${etc}/lilo.conf" "${entries}"/*.conf > "${conf}"
-
-[ -x "$(command -v lilo)" ] && \
-	lilo -C "${conf}"
-
-# Remove temporary config file
-rm -f "${conf}"
+# Do not abort in case of an error.
+lilo || true
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/lilo.conf b/srcpkgs/lilo/files/lilo.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1828438ca32..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lilo/files/lilo.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Example lilo(8) configuration.
-# See lilo.conf(5) for more information.
-
-# Additional kernel parameter.
-append="quiet"
-
-# Specifies the boot device.
-boot="/dev/sda"
-
-# Devices which should be mounted as root.
-root="/dev/sda2"
-
-# Enables map compaction.
-compact
-
-# Prompt to start one certain kernel from the displayed menu.
-prompt
-
-# Time to wait before booting the default kernel.
-timeout=100
-
-# Allow use of partitions above 1024 cylinders.
-lba32
-
-# Mount the root file system read-only.
-read-only
-
-# Images are configured in /etc/lilo.d/*.conf
-# End of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilo/template b/srcpkgs/lilo/template
index 0490669adc3..46984d8e27a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lilo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lilo/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'lilo'
 pkgname=lilo
 version=24.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
 hostmakedepends="bin86"
 makedepends="device-mapper-devel"
-make_dirs="/etc/lilo.d 0755 root root"
 conf_files="/etc/lilo.conf"
 short_desc="Standard Linux boot loader"
 maintainer="Sören Tempel <soeren+void@soeren-tempel.net>"
@@ -31,9 +30,10 @@ do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/sbin/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin
 
-	# Setup config files
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/etc/lilo.conf_example
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/lilo.conf 600 etc
+	for file in sample/*.conf; do
+		vsconf ${file}
+	done
 
 	# Setup kernel hooks
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/etc/initramfs ${DESTDIR}/etc/kernel