diff --git a/init b/init
index 3a34a45..0ff99f3 100644
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ echo "/sbin/modprobe" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
 # set default mount handler
 mount_handler="default_mount_handler"
 
-# if available, start udevd at this stage
-if [ -x /sbin/udevd ]; then
-    msg ":: Starting udevd..."
-    echo > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-    /sbin/udevd --daemon --resolve-names=never
-    export udevd_running=1
-    msg "done."
-else
-    export udevd_running=0
-fi
-
 for cmd in ${CMDLINE}; do
     case "${cmd}" in
         \#*) break ;; # ignore everything after a # in the commandline
@@ -57,12 +46,28 @@ if [ -n "${disablehooks}" ]; then
     done
 fi
 
+# build module blacklist
+mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d
+touch /dev/.blacklist.sys.conf
+ln -sf /dev/.blacklist.sys.conf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.sys.conf
 if [ -n "${disablemodules}" ]; then
     for d in $(echo "${disablemodules}" | sed 's|,| |g'); do
         export "mod_${d}=disabled"
+        echo "install ${d} /bin/false" >>/dev/.blacklist.sys.conf
     done
 fi
 
+# if available, start udevd at this stage
+if [ -x /sbin/udevd ]; then
+    msg ":: Starting udevd..."
+    echo > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
+    /sbin/udevd --daemon --resolve-names=never
+    export udevd_running=1
+    msg "done."
+else
+    export udevd_running=0
+fi
+
 if [ -n "${earlymodules}" ]; then
     for m in $(echo "${earlymodules}" | sed 's|,| |g'); do
         /sbin/modprobe -q ${m} > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/install/udev b/install/udev
index 17a82c9..d261c48 100644
--- a/install/udev
+++ b/install/udev
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ install ()
     for tool in firmware; do
         add_file /lib/udev/${tool}
     done
-    add_file /lib/initcpio/udev/load-modules.sh /lib/udev/load-modules.sh
 }
 
 help ()
diff --git a/load-modules.sh b/load-modules.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1824e5e..0000000
--- a/load-modules.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# Implement blacklisting for udev-loaded modules
-#   Includes module checking
-# - Aaron Griffin, Tobias Powalowski & Thomas Bächler for Arch Linux
-[ $# -ne 1 ] && exit 1
-
-MODPROBE="/sbin/modprobe"
-RESOLVEALIAS="${MODPROBE} --resolve-alias"
-USEBLACKLIST="--use-blacklist"
-SED="/bin/sed"
-
-if [ -f /proc/cmdline ]; then
-  for cmd in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
-    case $cmd in
-      disablemodules=*) eval $cmd ;;
-      load_modules=off) exit ;;
-    esac
-  done
-  #parse cmdline entries of the form "disablemodules=x,y,z"
-  if [ -n "${disablemodules}" ]; then
-    BLACKLIST="$(echo "${disablemodules}" | ${SED} 's|,| |g')"
-  fi
-fi
-
-# sanitize the module names
-BLACKLIST="$(echo "${BLACKLIST}" | ${SED} 's|-|_|g')"
-
-if [ -n "${BLACKLIST}" ] ; then
-  # Try to find all modules for the alias
-  mods="$($RESOLVEALIAS $1)"
-  # If no modules could be found, try if the alias name is a module name
-  # In that case, omit the --use-blacklist parameter to imitate normal modprobe behaviour
-  [ -z "${mods}" ] && $MODPROBE -qni $1 && mods="$1" && USEBLACKLIST=""
-  [ -z "${mods}" ] && exit
-  for mod in ${mods}; do
-    # Find the module and all its dependencies
-    deps="$($MODPROBE -i --show-depends ${mod})"
-    [ $? -ne 0 ] && continue
-
-    #sanitize the module names
-    deps="$(echo "$deps" | ${SED} \
-            -e "s#^insmod /lib.*/\(.*\)\.ko.*#\1#g" \
-            -e 's|-|_|g')"
-    # If the module or any of its dependencies is blacklisted, don't load it
-    for dep in $deps; do
-      for blackmod in ${BLACKLIST}; do
-        [ "${blackmod}" = "${dep}" ] && continue 3
-      done
-    done
-    $MODPROBE $USEBLACKLIST ${mod}
-  done
-else
-  $MODPROBE $USEBLACKLIST $1
-fi
-
-# vim: set et ts=4: