diff --git a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
index b0cf7fa24b..14cbdaf9c6 100644
--- a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/rpcd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-11-10
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=77ad0de09247b9bdce50f4cecf3e5beb5636f57f
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2018-11-28
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3aa81d0dfae167eccc26203bd0c96f3e3450f253
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=d36caff85bebbf7fb1b512359243bdbb7d9b16140e0d631afae9de2c3b8e4dff
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1befc5e1793a687e7a37b4f4d611e5f95aef4b79ad4b288c4dcb4c74d212509b
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/rpcd
   $(Package/rpcd/default)
-  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json +libjson-c
+  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json
 endef
 
 define Package/rpcd/description
diff --git a/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init b/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
index 447133c67a..0a37ee19f9 100755
--- a/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
+++ b/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ start_service() {
 	procd_close_instance
 }
 
-reload_service() {
-	procd_send_signal rpcd
+stop() {
+	service_stop /sbin/rpcd
+}
+
+reload() {
+	service_reload /sbin/rpcd
 }