diff --git a/pkgs/archive/archive.go b/pkgs/archive/archive.go
index 1d77051..2384d6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pkgs/archive/archive.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"compress/flate"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/cavaliercoder/go-cpio"
 	"github.com/klauspost/pgzip"
 	"gitlab.com/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/pkgs/misc"
@@ -40,17 +38,6 @@ func New() (*Archive, error) {
 }
 
 func (archive *Archive) Write(path string, mode os.FileMode) error {
-	// Archive verification is done in these steps:
-	// 1. write archive to a temp location
-	// 2. checksum the temp archive
-	// 3. compare size of archive with amount of free space in target dir
-	// 4. extract the archive to make sure it's valid / can be extracted
-	// 5. copy archive to destination dir
-	// 6. checksum target, compare to temp file checksum
-	// 7. rename archive at destination to final target name
-
-	targetDir := filepath.Dir(path)
-
 	if err := archive.writeCpio(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -59,92 +46,25 @@ func (archive *Archive) Write(path string, mode os.FileMode) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// 1. write archive to a temp location
-	tmpOutDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", filepath.Base(path))
+	tmpExtractDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", filepath.Base(path))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print("Unable to create temporary work dir")
 		return err
 	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpExtractDir)
 
-	tmpOutFile := filepath.Join(tmpOutDir, filepath.Base(path))
-
-	if err := archive.writeCompressed(tmpOutFile, mode); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer os.Remove(tmpOutFile)
-
-	// 2. checksum the temp archive
-	tmpFileChecksum, err := checksum(tmpOutFile)
-	if err != nil {
+	// Write archive to path
+	if err := archive.writeCompressed(path, mode); err != nil {
+		log.Print("Unable to write archive to location: ", path)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// 3. compare size of archive with amount of free space in target dir
-	tmpOutFileSize, err := os.Stat(tmpOutFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to stat tmp output file: ", tmpOutFile)
-	}
-	actualFreeSpace, err := misc.FreeSpace(targetDir)
-	// leave 10% free at target, because we're not monsters
-	freeSpace := int64(float64(actualFreeSpace) * 0.9)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to verify free space of target directory: ", targetDir)
-		return err
-	}
-	if tmpOutFileSize.Size() >= freeSpace {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Not enough free space in target dir (%q) for file. Need: %d bytes, free space: %d bytes",
-			targetDir, tmpOutFileSize.Size(), freeSpace))
-	}
-
-	// 4. extract the archive to make sure it's valid / can be extracted
-	extractDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(tmpOutDir, "extract-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(extractDir)
-	if err := extract(tmpOutFile, extractDir); err != nil {
-		log.Print("Extraction of archive failed!")
+	// Extract the archive to make sure it's valid / can be extracted
+	if err := extract(path, tmpExtractDir); err != nil {
+		log.Print("Extraction verification of archive failed!")
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// 5. copy archive to destination dir
-	tmpTargetFileFd, err := ioutil.TempFile(targetDir, filepath.Base(path))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to create temp file in target dir: ", targetDir)
-		return err
-	}
-	tmpOutFileFd, err := os.Open(tmpOutFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to open temp file", tmpOutFile)
-		return err
-	}
-	defer tmpOutFileFd.Close()
-	if _, err := io.Copy(tmpTargetFileFd, tmpOutFileFd); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// fsync
-	if err := tmpTargetFileFd.Sync(); err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to call fsync on temp file: ", targetDir)
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := tmpTargetFileFd.Close(); err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to save temp file to target dir: ", targetDir)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// 6. checksum target, compare to temp file checksum
-	targetFileChecksum, err := checksum(tmpTargetFileFd.Name())
-
-	if tmpFileChecksum != targetFileChecksum {
-		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to save archive to path %q, checksum mismatch (expected: %q, got: %q)",
-			path, tmpFileChecksum, targetFileChecksum))
-	}
-
-	// 7. rename archive at destination to final target name
-	if err := os.Rename(tmpTargetFileFd.Name(), path); err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to save archive to path: ", path)
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := os.Chmod(path, mode); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}