diff --git a/makefiles/in_chroot/install.sh b/makefiles/in_chroot/install.sh
index b98d7e8..1ff2c62 100755
--- a/makefiles/in_chroot/install.sh
+++ b/makefiles/in_chroot/install.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ sed -i 's/#IgnorePkg   =/IgnorePkg = linux linux-*/' /etc/pacman.conf
 echo 'Server = http://de3.mirror.archlinuxarm.org/$arch/$repo' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 pacman-key --init
 pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
-pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm --needed -Syu
+pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm --needed --overwrite '*' -Syu
 pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm -R linux-zedboard || true
 
 # install dependencies
-pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm --needed -S $(grep -vE "^\s*#" makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt | tr "\n" " ")
+pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm --needed --overwrite '*' -S $(grep -vE "^\s*#" makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt | tr "\n" " ")
 pip install --break-system-packages wheel
 pip install --break-system-packages --progress-bar off -r makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pip.txt
 
@@ -197,6 +197,6 @@ rm -f $HASH_LOCATION/hashes.txt; rm -f $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt
 find $VERIFY_DIRECTORIES -type f > $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt
 # also hash file list
 echo "$HASH_LOCATION/files.txt" >> $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt
-hashdeep -c sha256 -f $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt > $HASH_LOCATION/hashes.txt
+sudo rhash --sha256 --file-list $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt -o $HASH_LOCATION/hashes.txt
 
 echo "axiom-update finished. Software version is now $(git describe --always --abbrev=8 --dirty)."
diff --git a/makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt b/makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt
index e670131..c36d908 100644
--- a/makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt
+++ b/makefiles/in_chroot/requirements_pacman.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ base-devel
 git
 figlet
 wget
-hashdeep
+rhash
 pacman-contrib
 rsync
 
diff --git a/software/scripts/axiom_file_check.sh b/software/scripts/axiom_file_check.sh
index f455251..d36d110 100755
--- a/software/scripts/axiom_file_check.sh
+++ b/software/scripts/axiom_file_check.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 HASH_LOCATION="/opt/integrity_check"
 
 echo "Checking Axiom system files... (this might take a while)"
-output=$(hashdeep -c sha256 -x -f $HASH_LOCATION/files.txt -k $HASH_LOCATION/hashes.txt)
+output=$(sudo rhash -c --skip-ok --brief $HASH_LOCATION/hashes.txt)
 
 if [ -z "$output" ]; then
     echo "No problems detected, all files are in factory state."