diff --git a/defaults/initrd.scripts b/defaults/initrd.scripts
index 60bccf3..ea48fb0 100644
--- a/defaults/initrd.scripts
+++ b/defaults/initrd.scripts
@@ -680,30 +680,37 @@ startVolumes() {
 
 	if [ "${USE_LVM_NORMAL}" = '1' ]
 	then
-		if [ -e '/bin/lvm' ]
+		if [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ]
 		then
-			for dev in ${RAID_DEVICES}
-			do
-				setup_md_device "${dev}"
-			done
 
-			# This is needed for /bin/lvm to accept the following logic
-			lvm_commands="#! /bin/lvm"
+			if is_mdev
+			then
+				for dev in ${RAID_DEVICES}
+				do
+					setup_md_device "${dev}"
+				done
+			fi
+
+			# This is needed for /sbin/lvm to accept the following logic
+			lvm_commands="#! /sbin/lvm"
 
 			# If there is a cahe, update it. Unbreak at least dmcrypt
 			[ -d /etc/lvm/cache ] && lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgscan"
 
 			# To activate volumegroups on all devices in the cache
 			lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgchange -ay --sysinit"
-			
-			# To create symlinks so users can use real_root=/dev/vg/root
-			# This needs to run after vgchange, using vgchange --mknodes is too
-			# early.
-			lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgmknodes --ignorelockingfailure"
+			if is_mdev
+			then
+				# To create symlinks so users can use
+				# real_root=/dev/vg/root
+				# This needs to run after vgchange, using
+				# vgchange --mknodes is too early.
+				lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgmknodes --ignorelockingfailure"
+			fi
 
 			# And finally execute it all (/proc/... needed if lvm is compiled without readline)
 			good_msg "Scanning for and activating Volume Groups"
-			printf "%b\n" "${lvm_commands}" | /bin/lvm /proc/self/fd/0
+			printf "%b\n" "${lvm_commands}" | /sbin/lvm /proc/self/fd/0
 		else
 			bad_msg "vgscan or vgchange not found: skipping LVM volume group activation!"
 		fi
diff --git a/defaults/software.sh b/defaults/software.sh
index fe2962e..0e2820f 100644
--- a/defaults/software.sh
+++ b/defaults/software.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ BUSYBOX_SRCTAR="${BUSYBOX_SRCTAR:-${DISTDIR}/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}.tar.bz2}"
 BUSYBOX_DIR="${BUSYBOX_DIR:-busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}}"
 BUSYBOX_BINCACHE="${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE:-%%CACHE%%/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2}"
 
-LVM_VER="${LVM_VER:-VERSION_LVM}"
-LVM_DIR="${LVM_DIR:-LVM2.${LVM_VER}}"
-LVM_SRCTAR="${LVM_SRCTAR:-${DISTDIR}/LVM2.${LVM_VER}.tgz}"
-LVM_BINCACHE="${LVM_BINCACHE:-%%CACHE%%/LVM2.${LVM_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2}"
-
 MDADM_VER="${MDADM_VER:-VERSION_MDADM}"
 MDADM_DIR="${MDADM_DIR:-mdadm-${MDADM_VER}}"
 MDADM_SRCTAR="${MDADM_SRCTAR:-${DISTDIR}/mdadm-${MDADM_VER}.tar.bz2}"
diff --git a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
index aab2716..c6977ed 100755
--- a/gen_compile.sh
+++ b/gen_compile.sh
@@ -440,49 +440,6 @@ compile_busybox() {
 	fi
 }
 
-compile_lvm() {
-	if [ -f "${LVM_BINCACHE}" ]
-	then
-		print_info 1 "lvm: >> Using cache"
-	else
-		[ -f "${LVM_SRCTAR}" ] ||
-			gen_die "Could not find LVM source tarball: ${LVM_SRCTAR}! Please place it there, or place another version, changing /etc/genkernel.conf as necessary!"
-		cd "${TEMP}"
-		rm -rf ${LVM_DIR} > /dev/null
-		/bin/tar -zxpf ${LVM_SRCTAR} ||
-			gen_die 'Could not extract LVM source tarball!'
-		[ -d "${LVM_DIR}" ] ||
-			gen_die "LVM directory ${LVM_DIR} is invalid!"
-		cd "${LVM_DIR}"
-		apply_patches lvm ${LVM_VER}
-		print_info 1 'lvm: >> Configuring...'
-			CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
-			./configure --enable-static_link --prefix=/ \
-				--with-lvm1=internal --with-clvmd=none --with-cluster=none \
-				--disable-readline --disable-selinux --with-mirrors=internal \
-				--with-snapshots=internal --with-pool=internal \
-				>> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 || \
-				gen_die 'Configure of lvm failed!'
-		print_info 1 'lvm: >> Compiling...'
-		compile_generic '' utils
-		compile_generic "install DESTDIR=${TEMP}/lvm/" utils
-
-		cd "${TEMP}/lvm"
-		print_info 1 '      >> Copying to bincache...'
-		${UTILS_CROSS_COMPILE}strip "sbin/lvm.static" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not strip lvm.static!'
-		# See bug 382555
-		${UTILS_CROSS_COMPILE}strip "sbin/dmsetup.static" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not strip dmsetup.static'
-		/bin/tar -cjf "${LVM_BINCACHE}" . ||
-			gen_die 'Could not create binary cache'
-
-		cd "${TEMP}"
-		rm -rf "${TEMP}/lvm" > /dev/null
-		rm -rf "${LVM_DIR}" lvm
-	fi
-}
-
 compile_mdadm() {
 	if [ -f "${MDADM_BINCACHE}" ]
 	then
@@ -523,7 +480,6 @@ compile_mdadm() {
 }
 
 compile_dmraid() {
-	compile_device_mapper
 	if [ ! -f "${DMRAID_BINCACHE}" ]
 	then
 		[ -f "${DMRAID_SRCTAR}" ] ||
@@ -572,10 +528,6 @@ compile_dmraid() {
 	fi
 }
 
-compile_device_mapper() {
-	compile_lvm
-}
-
 compile_fuse() {
 	if [ ! -f "${FUSE_BINCACHE}" ]
 	then
diff --git a/gen_determineargs.sh b/gen_determineargs.sh
index 1394995..cdcf057 100755
--- a/gen_determineargs.sh
+++ b/gen_determineargs.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ determine_real_args() {
 
 	CACHE_DIR=`arch_replace "${CACHE_DIR}"`
 	BUSYBOX_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"`
-	LVM_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${LVM_BINCACHE}"`
 	MDADM_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${MDADM_BINCACHE}"`
 	DMRAID_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${DMRAID_BINCACHE}"`
 	ISCSI_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${ISCSI_BINCACHE}"`
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG}"`
 	BUSYBOX_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}"`
 	BUSYBOX_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"`
-	LVM_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${LVM_BINCACHE}"`
 	MDADM_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${MDADM_BINCACHE}"`
 	DMRAID_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${DMRAID_BINCACHE}"`
 	ISCSI_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${ISCSI_BINCACHE}"`
diff --git a/gen_funcs.sh b/gen_funcs.sh
index 4f0a0fc..a26eb9b 100755
--- a/gen_funcs.sh
+++ b/gen_funcs.sh
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ set_config_with_override() {
 }
 
 check_distfiles() {
-	for i in $BUSYBOX_SRCTAR $MULTIPATH_SRCTAR $LVM_SRCTAR $DMRAID_SRCTAR $ISCSI_SRCTAR $GPG_SRCTAR
+	for i in $BUSYBOX_SRCTAR $MULTIPATH_SRCTAR $DMRAID_SRCTAR $ISCSI_SRCTAR $GPG_SRCTAR
 	do
 		if [ ! -f "${i}" ]
 		then
diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index ca07960..b6ab1a2 100755
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -320,51 +320,31 @@ append_lvm(){
 		rm -r "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/"
 	fi
 	cd ${TEMP}
-	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/"
+	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp"/{bin,sbin}
 	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/etc/lvm/"
-	if false && [ -e '/sbin/lvm.static' ]
-	then
-		print_info 1 '          LVM: Adding support (using local static binary /sbin/lvm.static)...'
-		cp /sbin/lvm.static "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/lvm" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm!'
-		# See bug 382555
-		if [ -e '/sbin/dmsetup.static' ]
-		then
-			cp /sbin/dmsetup.static "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/dmsetup"
-		fi
-	elif false && [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ] && LC_ALL="C" ldd /sbin/lvm|grep -q 'not a dynamic executable'
+	print_info 1 'LVM: Adding support (copying binaries from system)...'
+
+	udev_files="
+		/lib/udev/rules.d/95-dm-notify.rules
+		/lib/udev/rules.d/13-dm-disk.rules
+		/lib/udev/rules.d/10-dm.rules
+		/lib/udev/rules.d/69-dm-lvm-metad.rules
+		/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-lvm.rules
+	"
+	for f in ${udev_files}; do
+		mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp"/$(dirname "${f}") || \
+			gen_die "cannot create rules.d directory"
+		cp "${f}" "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/${f}" || \
+			gen_die "cannot copy ${f} from system"
+	done
+
+	copy_binaries "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp" \
+		/sbin/lvm /sbin/dmsetup
+
+	if [ -x /sbin/lvm ]
 	then
-		print_info 1 '          LVM: Adding support (using local static binary /sbin/lvm)...'
-		cp /sbin/lvm "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/lvm" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm!'
-		# See bug 382555
-		if [ -e '/sbin/dmsetup' ] && LC_ALL="C" ldd /sbin/dmsetup | grep -q 'not a dynamic executable'
-		then
-			cp /sbin/dmsetup "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/dmsetup"
-		fi
-	else
-		print_info 1 '          LVM: Adding support (compiling binaries)...'
-		compile_lvm
-		/bin/tar -jxpf "${LVM_BINCACHE}" -C "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp" ||
-			gen_die "Could not extract lvm binary cache!";
-		mv ${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/sbin/lvm.static ${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/lvm ||
-			gen_die 'LVM error: Could not move lvm.static to lvm!'
-		# See bug 382555
-		mv ${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/sbin/dmsetup.static ${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/bin/dmsetup ||
-			gen_die 'LVM error: Could not move dmsetup.static to dmsetup!'
-		rm -rf ${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/{lib,share,man,include,sbin/{lvm,dmsetup}}
-	fi
-	if [ -x /sbin/lvm -o -x /bin/lvm ]
-	then
-#		lvm dumpconfig 2>&1 > /dev/null || gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-#		ret=$?
-#		if [ ${ret} != 0 ]
-#		then
-			cp /etc/lvm/lvm.conf "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/etc/lvm/" ||
-				gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-#		else
-#			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-#		fi
+		cp /etc/lvm/lvm.conf "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/etc/lvm/" ||
+			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
 	fi
 	cd "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm-temp/"
 	log_future_cpio_content
diff --git a/patches/lvm/2.02.28/filter-sysfs-inc-sys-stat.patch b/patches/lvm/2.02.28/filter-sysfs-inc-sys-stat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2988e92..0000000
--- a/patches/lvm/2.02.28/filter-sysfs-inc-sys-stat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.28/lib/filters/filter-sysfs.c LVM2.2.02.28.new/lib/filters/filter-sysfs.c
---- LVM2.2.02.28/lib/filters/filter-sysfs.c	2007-08-22 16:38:16.000000000 +0200
-+++ LVM2.2.02.28.new/lib/filters/filter-sysfs.c	2011-01-13 20:45:38.751542669 +0100
-@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
- #include "lib.h"
- #include "filter-sysfs.h"
- #include "lvm-string.h"
-+#include <sys/stat.h>
- 
- #ifdef linux
- 
diff --git a/patches/lvm/2.02.28/no-export-dynamic.patch b/patches/lvm/2.02.28/no-export-dynamic.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 19a4e13..0000000
--- a/patches/lvm/2.02.28/no-export-dynamic.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.28/configure LVM2.2.02.28.new/configure
---- LVM2.2.02.28/configure	2007-08-14 20:58:30.000000000 +0200
-+++ LVM2.2.02.28.new/configure	2011-01-13 20:45:08.429184861 +0100
-@@ -1949,7 +1949,6 @@
- 		CLDWHOLEARCHIVE="-Wl,-whole-archive"
- 		CLDNOWHOLEARCHIVE="-Wl,-no-whole-archive"
- 		LDDEPS="$LDDEPS .export.sym"
--		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
- 		LIB_SUFFIX="so"
- 		DEVMAPPER=yes
- 		ODIRECT=yes
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.28/configure.in LVM2.2.02.28.new/configure.in
---- LVM2.2.02.28/configure.in	2007-08-14 20:58:31.000000000 +0200
-+++ LVM2.2.02.28.new/configure.in	2011-01-13 20:45:14.365688659 +0100
-@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
- 		CLDWHOLEARCHIVE="-Wl,-whole-archive"
- 		CLDNOWHOLEARCHIVE="-Wl,-no-whole-archive"
- 		LDDEPS="$LDDEPS .export.sym"
--		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
- 		LIB_SUFFIX="so"
- 		DEVMAPPER=yes
- 		ODIRECT=yes
diff --git a/patches/lvm/2.02.74/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch b/patches/lvm/2.02.74/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 05c7bf3..0000000
--- a/patches/lvm/2.02.74/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-X-Gentoo-Bug: 332905
-X-Patch-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=243283&action=view
-X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332905
-
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.72.orig/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in LVM2.2.02.72/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in
---- LVM2.2.02.72.orig/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in	2010-05-14 16:36:56.000000000 +0300
-+++ LVM2.2.02.72/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in	2010-08-17 03:00:24.000000000 +0300
-@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
- 	$(DL_LIBS) $(LVMLIBS) $(LIBS) -rdynamic
- 
- dmeventd.static: $(LIB_STATIC) dmeventd.o $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L. -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L. -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
- 	dmeventd.o $(DL_LIBS) $(LVMLIBS) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_LIBS)
- 
- ifeq ("@PKGCONFIG@", "yes")
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in
---- LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in	2010-06-25 21:23:10.000000000 +0300
-+++ LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in	2010-08-17 03:01:07.000000000 +0300
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
- 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(LIBS)
- 
- dmsetup.static: dmsetup.o $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
- 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
- 
- all: device-mapper
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
- 		$(LVMLIBS) $(READLINE_LIBS) $(LIBS) -rdynamic
- 
- lvm.static: $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a  $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
- 	      $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(LVMLIBS) $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
- 
- liblvm2cmd.a: $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a $(OBJECTS) lvmcmdlib.o lvm2cmd.o
diff --git a/patches/lvm/2.02.88/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch b/patches/lvm/2.02.88/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 05c7bf3..0000000
--- a/patches/lvm/2.02.88/lvm2-2.02.72-no-export-dynamic.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-X-Gentoo-Bug: 332905
-X-Patch-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=243283&action=view
-X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332905
-
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.72.orig/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in LVM2.2.02.72/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in
---- LVM2.2.02.72.orig/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in	2010-05-14 16:36:56.000000000 +0300
-+++ LVM2.2.02.72/daemons/dmeventd/Makefile.in	2010-08-17 03:00:24.000000000 +0300
-@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
- 	$(DL_LIBS) $(LVMLIBS) $(LIBS) -rdynamic
- 
- dmeventd.static: $(LIB_STATIC) dmeventd.o $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L. -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L. -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
- 	dmeventd.o $(DL_LIBS) $(LVMLIBS) $(LIBS) $(STATIC_LIBS)
- 
- ifeq ("@PKGCONFIG@", "yes")
-diff -ur LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in
---- LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in	2010-06-25 21:23:10.000000000 +0300
-+++ LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in	2010-08-17 03:01:07.000000000 +0300
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
- 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(LIBS)
- 
- dmsetup.static: dmsetup.o $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
- 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
- 
- all: device-mapper
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
- 		$(LVMLIBS) $(READLINE_LIBS) $(LIBS) -rdynamic
- 
- lvm.static: $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a  $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
- 	      $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(LVMLIBS) $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
- 
- liblvm2cmd.a: $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a $(OBJECTS) lvmcmdlib.o lvm2cmd.o