diff --git a/x11-apps/xinit/files/startDM.sh b/x11-apps/xinit/files/startDM.sh
index 21fb452df1e3c..66cceb3a68f5b 100644
--- a/x11-apps/xinit/files/startDM.sh
+++ b/x11-apps/xinit/files/startDM.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2
 
 # We need to source /etc/profile for stuff like $LANG to work
 # bug #10190.
 . /etc/profile
 
-. /lib/gentoo/functions.sh
-
-# Bail out early if on a non-OpenRC system:
-if [ ! -d /run/openrc ]; then
-    eerror "$0 should only be used on OpenRC systems"
-fi
+. /etc/init.d/functions.sh
 
 # baselayout-1 compat
 if ! type get_options >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then