diff --git a/src/sbin/opnsense-installer b/src/sbin/opnsense-installer
index 924f53371..6ee2b393f 100755
--- a/src/sbin/opnsense-installer
+++ b/src/sbin/opnsense-installer
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-rm -f /tmp/install_complete
-
-# XXX ideally the exit code could tell us what /tmp/install_complete tried to do
-bsdinstall opnsense
-
-if [ ! -f /tmp/install_complete ]; then
+if ! bsdinstall opnsense; then
 	echo "The installation was aborted."
 	echo
 	exit