diff --git a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
index dc4957332..6f4e38367 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
+++ b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
@@ -119,11 +119,9 @@
 ./etc/utmp				minix-sys
 ./home					minix-sys
 ./home/ast				minix-sys
-./home/ast/.ashrc			minix-sys
 ./home/ast/.exrc			minix-sys
 ./home/ast/.profile			minix-sys
 ./home/bin				minix-sys
-./home/bin/.ashrc			minix-sys
 ./home/bin/.exrc			minix-sys
 ./home/bin/.profile			minix-sys
 ./lib					minix-sys
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@
 ./multiboot/mod06_memory		minix-sys
 ./proc					minix-sys
 ./root					minix-sys
-./root/.ashrc				minix-sys
 ./root/.exrc				minix-sys
 ./root/.profile				minix-sys
 ./sbin					minix-sys
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@
 ./usr/adm				minix-sys
 ./usr/adm/old				minix-sys
 ./usr/ast				minix-sys
-./usr/ast/.ashrc			minix-sys
 ./usr/ast/.exrc				minix-sys
 ./usr/ast/.profile			minix-sys
 ./usr/benchmarks					minix-sys
diff --git a/etc/ast/.ashrc b/etc/ast/.ashrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5757405c2..000000000
--- a/etc/ast/.ashrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Ash initialization.
-
-test -z "$EDITOR" && {  # Don't repeat in subshells.
-
-umask 022
-
-# Favourite editor and pager, search path for binaries, etc.
-export EDITOR=vi
-export PAGER=less
-export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/X11R6/bin
-
-} # End of no-repeat.
-
-# Let cd display the current directory on the status line.
-if [ -t 0 -a -f /usr/bin/tget ] && tget -flag hs
-then
-case $- in *i*)
-	hostname=$(expr $(uname -n) : '\([^.]*\)')
-	eval "cd()
-	{
-		chdir \"\$@\" &&
-		echo -n '$(tget -str ts \
-				"$USER@$hostname:'\"\`pwd\`\"'" \
-				-str fs)'
-	}"
-	unset hostname
-	cd .
-	;;
-esac
-fi
diff --git a/etc/ast/.profile b/etc/ast/.profile
index b74b16542..5ac0d8feb 100644
--- a/etc/ast/.profile
+++ b/etc/ast/.profile
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 # Login shell profile.
 
-# Activate emacs keybindings and command line history support
-set -o emacs
+umask 022
+
+# Favourite editor and pager, search path for binaries, etc.
+export EDITOR=vi
+export PAGER=less
+
+# Let cd display the current directory on the status line.
+if [ -t 0 -a -f /usr/bin/tget ] && tget -flag hs
+then
+case $- in *i*)
+	hostname=$(expr $(uname -n) : '\([^.]*\)')
+	eval "cd()
+	{
+		chdir \"\$@\" &&
+		echo -n '$(tget -str ts \
+				"$USER@$hostname:'\"\`pwd\`\"'" \
+				-str fs)'
+	}"
+	unset hostname
+	cd .
+	;;
+esac
+fi
 
 # Check terminal type.
 case $TERM in
@@ -10,6 +31,3 @@ dialup|unknown|network)
 	TERM="${term:-$TERM}"
 	unset term
 esac
-
-# Shell configuration.
-unset EDITOR; . $HOME/.ashrc
diff --git a/etc/profile b/etc/profile
index 0673126c4..71c1a4e1b 100755
--- a/etc/profile
+++ b/etc/profile
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
-RC_TZ=/etc/rc.timezone
-export TZ=GMT0
-if [ -f "$RC_TZ" ]
-then . "$RC_TZ"
+# Default system-wide login shell profile.
+
+# Activate emacs keybindings and command line history support
+set -o emacs
+
+# Set the default path
+PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
+# Add ~/bin, iff it is present
+if [ -e ${HOME}/bin ]; then
+	PATH=${HOME}/bin:${PATH}
 fi
+
+# Add sbin for root
+if [ "x$(id -u)" = "x0" ]; then
+	PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:${PATH}
+
+	if [ -e ${HOME}/sbin ]; then
+		PATH=${HOME}/sbin:${PATH}
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Set the timezone
+export TZ=GMT0
+RC_TZ=/etc/rc.timezone
+
+if [ -f ${RC_TZ} ]; then
+	. ${RC_TZ}
+fi
+
+export PATH TZ
+
diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index af08178c1..587c6ef73 100755
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -5,22 +5,20 @@ exec 2>/dev/log
 exec </dev/null
 
 umask 022
-FSTAB=/etc/fstab
-TERM="${TERM-minix}"
-PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/sbin
+
+# Same settings as in the default /etc/profile. We do not source this file
+# as the system administrator may decide to change those values for his users.
 RC_TZ=/etc/rc.timezone
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+
+# Set TERM to minix if not present.
+TERM="${TERM-minix}"
+
 export TERM PATH
 
+# Local variables
 ARCH="`sysenv arch`"
 
-if [ ! "$ARCH" ]
-then	# Older kernels do not provide an arch sysenv variable.
-	# We assume we are on x86 then, as existing systems with
-	# kernel and userland (i.e. this script) unsynchronized
-	# will be x86.
-	ARCH=i386
-fi
-
 usage()
 {
     echo >&2 "Usage: $0 [-saf] start|stop|down"
@@ -60,28 +58,6 @@ edit()
     service $opt edit /usr/sbin/$service -label $service "$@" 
 }
 
-# This function parses the deprecated minix shellscript-style 
-# /etc/fstab, and fscks and mounts its filesystems.
-mountfstab_poorman()
-{
-    echo "WARNING: old fstab format, please upgrade!"
-
-    # /etc/fstab lists the root, home, and usr devices.
-    . $FSTAB
-
-    intr fsck.mfs $fsckopts $usr
-    if [ ! -z "$home" ]
-    then intr fsck.mfs $fsckopts $home
-    fi
-
-    # mount /usr
-    mount $bin_img $usr /usr
-
-    if [ ! -z "$home" ]
-    then mount $bin_img $home /home || echo "WARNING: couldn't mount $home on /home"
-    fi
-}
-
 while getopts 'saf' opt
 do
     case $opt in
@@ -148,12 +124,8 @@ start)
 		mount -r $usrdev /usr
     else	
     # If we're not booting from CD, fsck + mount using /etc/fstab.
-		read <$FSTAB fstabline
-		if [ "$fstabline" = "# Poor man's File System Table." ]
-		then	mountfstab_poorman	# Old minix /etc/fstab
-		else	fsck -x / $fflag $fsckopts
-			mount -a
-		fi
+		fsck -x / $fflag $fsckopts
+		mount -a
     fi
 
     # Unmount and free now defunct ramdisk
diff --git a/releasetools/mkboot b/releasetools/mkboot
index 169a8c0f3..b2abee8df 100755
--- a/releasetools/mkboot
+++ b/releasetools/mkboot
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ esac
 # Get the device table.
 FSTAB=/etc/fstab
 touch $FSTAB
-if grep -q "Poor man" $FSTAB
-then	. $FSTAB
-else	root="`awk <$FSTAB '{ if($2=="/") { print $1 } }'`"
-fi
+root="`awk <$FSTAB '{ if($2=="/") { print $1 } }'`"
 
 # The real root device may be the RAM disk.
 realroot=`printroot -r`
diff --git a/test/testmfs.sh b/test/testmfs.sh
index f597a993f..c118276e4 100755
--- a/test/testmfs.sh
+++ b/test/testmfs.sh
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ INODES=6000
 dd if=/dev/zero seek=$BLOCKS of=$fsimage count=1 bs=$BS >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # -s keeps modes
-mkproto -s -b $BLOCKS -i $INODES $testdir >$protofile
+/usr/sbin/mkproto -s -b $BLOCKS -i $INODES $testdir >$protofile
 
-mkfs.mfs -T 1 -b $BLOCKS -i $INODES  $fsimage $protofile >/dev/null 2>&1
+/sbin/mkfs.mfs -T 1 -b $BLOCKS -i $INODES  $fsimage $protofile >/dev/null 2>&1
 sum="`sha1 $fsimage | awk '{ print $4 }'`"
 
 if [ $sum != $expect ]