fi
-#### this bit is duplicated in rootsshsync
-f=/var/lib/fai/config/files/root/.ssh/authorized_keys/STANDARD
-d=$target/etc/initramfs-tools
-d2=$target/etc/dropbear-initramfs
-mkdir -p $d/root/.ssh $d2
-chmod 700 $d/root $d/root/.ssh
-# i think buster uses the second, flidas uses the first.
-cp -p $f $d/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-cp -p $f $d2/authorized_keys
+#### this bit is duplicated in rootsshsync, except we skip update-initramfs,
+# since I suspect its not needed. I'm not sure any of this is needed
+# since we initially embed the key, and with distro-begin, we run rootsshsync
+# around the same time as we remove it.
+d=/etc/initramfs-tools
+if [[ -e $d ]] && ! diff -q /root/.ssh/authorized_keys $d/root/.ssh/authorized_keys &>/dev/null; then
+ mkdir -p $d/root/.ssh /etc/dropbear-initramfs
+ chmod 700 $d/root $d/root/.ssh
+ cp -p /root/.ssh/authorized_keys $d/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+ cp -p /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /etc/dropbear-initramfs
+ if [[ -e /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2 ]]; then
+ cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2 >>/etc/dropbear-initramfs
+ fi
+fi