diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-support/files/etc/init.d/fff-userconfig b/src/packages/fff/fff-support/files/etc/init.d/fff-userconfig
index 3c3de120..89a857d5 100755
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-support/files/etc/init.d/fff-userconfig
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-support/files/etc/init.d/fff-userconfig
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 START=96
 boot() {
   LOCALCONFIGSCRIPT="/etc/rc.local.fff_userconfig"
-  #add LOCALCONFIGSCRIPT to sysupgrade regardless if it already exists or not to prevent data loss
-  grep -q ^"${LOCALCONFIGSCRIPT}"$ /etc/sysupgrade.conf || echo "$LOCALCONFIGSCRIPT" >> /etc/sysupgrade.conf
 
   # process user commands
   [ -f "${LOCALCONFIGSCRIPT}" ] && {
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-sysupgrade/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-fff-sysupgrade b/src/packages/fff/fff-sysupgrade/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-fff-sysupgrade
index 3de48e05..02215ac5 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-sysupgrade/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-fff-sysupgrade
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-sysupgrade/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-fff-sysupgrade
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cat > /etc/sysupgrade.conf <<-__EOF__
 /etc/config/gateway
 /etc/hoodfile
 /etc/nftables-fff.conf
+/etc/rc.local.fff_userconfig
 __EOF__
 
 exit 0