diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/raucdb-first-boot.service b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/raucdb-first-boot.service
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index 00000000000..efc7242613b
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+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/raucdb-first-boot.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Remove adopted rauc.db on first boot
+After=rauc.service
+Before=raucdb-update.service
+RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/data
+ConditionFirstBoot=yes
+ConditionFileNotEmpty=/mnt/data/rauc.db
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/bin/rm -f /mnt/data/rauc.db
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target