diff --git a/classes/sdcard_image.bbclass b/classes/sdcard_image.bbclass
index 531b4192..7d1f061d 100644
--- a/classes/sdcard_image.bbclass
+++ b/classes/sdcard_image.bbclass
@@ -130,20 +130,16 @@ IMAGE_CMD_sdimg () {
 	echo "Creating rootfs loopback"
 	${LOSETUP} ${LOOPDEV_FS} ${SDIMG} -o ${FS_OFFSET}
 
-	# should use fdisk info
-	echo "Creating rootfs image"
-	touch ${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img
-
 	FS_NUM_INODES=$(echo $FS_SIZE_BLOCKS / 4 | bc)
 
 	case "${ROOTFSTYPE}" in
 		ext3)
-				genext2fs -z -N $FS_NUM_INODES -b $FS_SIZE_BLOCKS -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img
-				tune2fs -L ${IMAGE_NAME} -j ${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img
+				genext2fs -z -N $FS_NUM_INODES -b $FS_SIZE_BLOCKS -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${LOOPDEV_FS}
+				tune2fs -L ${IMAGE_NAME} -j ${LOOPDEV_FS}
 				;;
 		ext4)
-				genext2fs -z -N $FS_NUM_INODES -b $FS_SIZE_BLOCKS -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img
-				tune2fs -L ${IMAGE_NAME} -j -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index ${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img
+				genext2fs -z -N $FS_NUM_INODES -b $FS_SIZE_BLOCKS -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${LOOPDEV_FS}
+				tune2fs -L ${IMAGE_NAME} -j -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index ${LOOPDEV_FS}
 				;;
 		*)
 				echo "Please set ROOTFSTYPE to something supported"
@@ -151,8 +147,6 @@ IMAGE_CMD_sdimg () {
 				;;
 	esac
 
-	dd if=${WORKDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.img of=${LOOPDEV_FS}
-
 	${LOSETUP} -d ${LOOPDEV_FS} || true
 
 	gzip -c ${WORKDIR}/sd.img > ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}-${IMAGEDATESTAMP}.img.gz