diff --git a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh.sh b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh.sh
index fe0b65b69..f1e368a2c 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh.sh
+++ b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/update/10-refresh.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,5 @@
 # refresh relevant configuration files
 /usr/local/etc/rc.configure_firmware
 
-# a copy of this cleanup exists in 90-cleanup.sh
-daemon /bin/sh -s << EOF
-# remove our stale pyc files not handled by pkg
-find /usr/local/opnsense -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-
-for DIR in /boot /usr/libexec/bsdinstall /usr/local; do
-	# remove spurious files from pkg
-	find \${DIR} ! \( -type d \) -a \
-	    \( -name "*.pkgsave" -o -name ".pkgtemp.*" \) -delete
-
-        # processs spurious directories from pkg
-        # (may not be empty so -delete does not work)
-	find \${DIR} -type d -name ".pkgtemp.*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 rm -r
-done
-EOF
+# background the cleanup job to avoid blocking
+daemon /usr/local/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
index b08b9e552..83122d672 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
+++ b/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/upgrade/90-cleanup.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# a copy of this cleanup exists in 10-refresh.sh
-/bin/sh -s << EOF
 # remove our stale pyc files not handled by pkg
 find /usr/local/opnsense -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
 
 for DIR in /boot /usr/libexec/bsdinstall /usr/local; do
 	# remove spurious files from pkg
-	find \${DIR} ! \( -type d \) -a \
+	find ${DIR} ! \( -type d \) -a \
 	    \( -name "*.pkgsave" -o -name ".pkgtemp.*" \) -delete
 
         # processs spurious directories from pkg
         # (may not be empty so -delete does not work)
-	find \${DIR} -type d -name ".pkgtemp.*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 rm -r
+	find ${DIR} -type d -name ".pkgtemp.*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 rm -r
 done
-EOF