diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
index 7b2e6d9..e8c0380 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ else
    $PLYMOUTH message --text=$"Starting services..."
 fi
 
-$PLYMOUTH update --status=$progressbase
-
 allservicesnum=`ls -1 $rc_base/rc$runlevel.d/[S,K]* 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
 
 if [ "$previous" != "N" ]; then
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ if [ "$previous" != "N" ]; then
             fi
 
             progress=`expr $progressbase + $i \* \( 100 - $progressbase \) / ${allservicesnum}`
-            $PLYMOUTH update --status=$progress
             $servicefile stop
             i=`expr $i + 1`
           }
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ else
       fi
 
       progress=`expr $progressbase + $i \* \( 100 - $progressbase \) / ${allservicesnum}`
-      $PLYMOUTH update --status=$progress
       $servicefile start
       i=`expr $i + 1`
    done