diff --git a/pulseaudio/README.md b/pulseaudio/README.md
index 878cf5f5f..5e6d5faa5 100644
--- a/pulseaudio/README.md
+++ b/pulseaudio/README.md
@@ -16,19 +16,3 @@ exec /usr/bin/myawesomewm
 
 See [What is wrong with system mode? – PulseAudio](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/)
 for more information.
-
-This was previously a pre-install script:
-
-```sh
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# check for pulseaudio group or add one
-getent group pulse || /usr/sbin/groupadd pulse
-getent group pulse-access || /usr/sbin/groupadd pulse-access
-
-# check for pulseaudio user or add one
-getent passwd pulse || /usr/sbin/useradd -g pulse -d /var/lib/pulse -s /bin/false -c "Pulseaudio User" pulse
-
-# lock the account
-/usr/bin/passwd -l pulse
-```
diff --git a/pulseaudio/post-install b/pulseaudio/post-install
index d24934f04..5c68dc780 100755
--- a/pulseaudio/post-install
+++ b/pulseaudio/post-install
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+_USER=pulse
+_HOME=/var/lib/pulse
+_GROUP=pulse
+
+/usr/bin/getent group $_GROUP > /dev/null 2>&1 || /usr/sbin/groupadd $_GROUP
+/usr/bin/getent passwd $_USER > /dev/null 2>&1 || /usr/sbin/useradd -c 'postgres system user' -g $_GROUP -d $_HOME -s /bin/false $_USER
+#passwd -l $_USER > /dev/null
+
 [ -e /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.freedesktop.pulseaudio.gschema.xml ] && glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas || true