diff --git a/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya b/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
index 566bef0..0748eae 100644
--- a/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
+++ b/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-d root root 0755 /var/etc/dropbear none
+# d root root 0755 /var/etc/dropbear none
 l root root 0644 /etc/network/interfaces /var/etc/network/itf_diya
 l root root 0644 /etc/dropbear /var/etc/dropbear
diff --git a/wic/rpi.wks.in b/wic/rpi.wks.in
index 2412090..c9dd00b 100644
--- a/wic/rpi.wks.in
+++ b/wic/rpi.wks.in
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=vfat --label boot --active --align 4096 --size 32
 # read only roofs
-part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096 --size 150
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096 --size 150 --exclude-path=home/ --exclude-path=var/etc
 # modifiable configurations stored in /var/etc
-part /var/etc --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/etc --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label home --align 1024 --size 32
+part /var/etc --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/etc --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label diya-etc --align 1024 --size 32
 # home partition
 part /home --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/home --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --label home --align 1024 --size 16
 # part /home --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=vfat --label music --active --align 1024 --size 16
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