diff --git a/makedebian.pl b/makedebian.pl
index 90ddab561..278b317ac 100755
--- a/makedebian.pl
+++ b/makedebian.pl
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@ if [ "$product" = "webmin" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$baseproduct
-systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1
+which systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl daemon-reload
 if [ "$inetd" != "1" ]; then
 	if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-		invoke-rc.d $baseproduct stop >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
-		invoke-rc.d $baseproduct start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
+		invoke-rc.d $baseproduct stop
+		invoke-rc.d $baseproduct start
 	else
-		/etc/$baseproduct/stop >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
-		/etc/$baseproduct/start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
+		/etc/$baseproduct/stop
+		/etc/$baseproduct/start
 	fi
 fi
 if [ "$product" = "usermin" ]; then
diff --git a/makerpm.pl b/makerpm.pl
index 7630f1fd4..4234e4bb8 100755
--- a/makerpm.pl
+++ b/makerpm.pl
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ export config_dir var_dir perl autoos port login crypt host ssl nochown autothir
 ./setup.sh >\$tempdir/webmin-setup.out 2>&1
 chmod 600 \$tempdir/webmin-setup.out
 rm -f /var/lock/subsys/webmin
-systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1
+which systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl daemon-reload
 if [ "\$inetd" != "1" -a "\$startafter" = "1" ]; then
-	/etc/init.d/webmin stop >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
-	/etc/init.d/webmin start >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
+	/etc/init.d/webmin stop
+	/etc/init.d/webmin start
 fi
 cat >/etc/webmin/uninstall.sh <<EOFF
 #!/bin/sh