diff --git a/+POST_INSTALL b/+POST_INSTALL
index a8cb007c0..d5ee43f9c 100644
--- a/+POST_INSTALL
+++ b/+POST_INSTALL
@@ -33,9 +33,4 @@ rm -f /etc/rc.shutdown.bak
 
 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/configd start
 
-/usr/local/etc/rc.configure_firmware
-
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook update
-
-# create a unique timestamp for our asset caching
-touch /usr/local/opnsense/www/index.php
diff --git a/plist b/plist
index 988e36535..aefe2c302 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/stop/80-freebsd
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/stop/90-backup
 /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/stop/99-config
+/usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh
 /usr/local/etc/ssl/opnsense.cnf
 /usr/local/etc/strongswan.opnsense.d/README
 /usr/local/libexec/opnsense-auth
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..592af9490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# refresh relevant configuration files
+/usr/local/etc/rc.configure_firmware
+
+# create a unique timestamp for our asset caching
+touch /usr/local/opnsense/www/index.php
+
+# remove spurious .pkgsave files pkg may have created
+daemon -f find /usr/local -type f -name "*.pkgsave" -delete