diff --git a/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade b/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
index 90c10134..0be9b77a 100755
--- a/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
+++ b/general/overlay/usr/sbin/sysupgrade
@@ -102,14 +102,15 @@ download_firmware() {
 free_resources() {
 	echo_c 37 "\nStop services, sync files, free up memory"
 	if [ "$vendor" = "sigmastar" ] || [ "$vendor" = "ingenic" ]; then
-		/etc/init.d/S95majestic pause
+		killall -q -3 majestic
 	else
-		/etc/init.d/S95majestic stop
+		killall -q majestic
 	fi
 	/etc/init.d/S60crond stop
 	/etc/init.d/S49ntpd stop
 	/etc/init.d/S02klogd stop
 	/etc/init.d/S01syslogd stop
+	sleep 1
 
 	sync
 	echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
diff --git a/general/package/majestic/files/S95majestic b/general/package/majestic/files/S95majestic
index c4ede83c..06629253 100755
--- a/general/package/majestic/files/S95majestic
+++ b/general/package/majestic/files/S95majestic
@@ -41,20 +41,8 @@ stop() {
 	fi
 }
 
-pause() {
-	printf "Pausing $DAEMON: "
-	start-stop-daemon -K -s QUIT -q -p "$PIDFILE"
-	status=$?
-	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
-		rm -f "$PIDFILE"
-		echo "OK"
-	else
-		echo "FAIL"
-	fi
-}
-
 case "$1" in
-	start|stop|pause)
+	start|stop)
 		"$1"
 		;;