diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/health.sh b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/health.sh
index f30bcc73f..0a311339f 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/health.sh
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/health.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ MTREE_PATTERNS="
 ./etc/group
 ./etc/hosts
 ./etc/master.passwd
-./etc/motd
 ./etc/newsyslog.conf
 ./etc/pam.d/sshd
 ./etc/pam.d/system
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Auth/+TARGETS b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Auth/+TARGETS
index 9bb7d2b3e..da581ba4f 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Auth/+TARGETS
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Auth/+TARGETS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ipsec.pam:/etc/pam.d/ipsec
-motd:/etc/motd
+motd:/var/run/motd
 sshd.pam:/etc/pam.d/sshd
 sudoers:/usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/opnsense
 system.pam:/etc/pam.d/system