diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de49fe518..0c622a44b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /src/etc/pkg.conf
-/src/etc/pkg/**
+/src/etc/pkg/OPNsense.conf
 /src/etc/ssh/**
 /src/etc/php.ini
 /src/lib/**
diff --git a/pkg/+POST_INSTALL b/pkg/+POST_INSTALL
index fed71488f..7db1c7e2a 100644
--- a/pkg/+POST_INSTALL
+++ b/pkg/+POST_INSTALL
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ rm -f /etc/shells.bak
 echo "Registering root shell"
 pw usermod -n root -s /usr/local/etc/rc.initial
 
-echo "Disabling FreeBSD mirror"
-sed -i "" -e "s/^  enabled: yes$/  enabled: no/" /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
-
 echo "Hooking into /etc/rc"
 cp /etc/rc /etc/rc.bak
 cat > /etc/rc <<EOF
diff --git a/pkg/+PRE_DEINSTALL b/pkg/+PRE_DEINSTALL
index 7bb2fe305..ecc198429 100644
--- a/pkg/+PRE_DEINSTALL
+++ b/pkg/+PRE_DEINSTALL
@@ -11,8 +11,5 @@ cp /etc/rc /etc/rc.bak
 tail -n +5 /etc/rc.bak > /etc/rc
 rm -f /etc/rc.bak
 
-echo "Enabling FreeBSD mirror"
-sed -i "" -e "s/^  enabled: no$/  enabled: yes/" /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
-
 echo "Removing OPNsense version"
 rm -f /usr/local/opnsense/version/opnsense
diff --git a/src/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf b/src/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22521b560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FreeBSD: { enabled: no }