diff --git a/sys-process/runit/runit-2.1.2-r1.ebuild b/sys-process/runit/runit-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
index a920443a3f979..607ed990d6e58 100644
--- a/sys-process/runit/runit-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/runit/runit-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -67,12 +67,10 @@ dodir /etc/runit
 	done
 
 	# make sv command work
-	cat <<-EOF > "${T}"/env.d
+	newenvd - 20runit <<- EOF
 		#/etc/env.d/20runit
 		SVDIR="/etc/service/"
 	EOF
-	insinto /etc/env.d
-	newins "${T}"/env.d 20runit
 }
 
 pkg_preinst() {