diff --git a/defaults/software.sh b/defaults/software.sh
index e77a3066..4ca22176 100644
--- a/defaults/software.sh
+++ b/defaults/software.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,3 @@ ISCSI_VER="${ISCSI_VER:-VERSION_ISCSI}"
 ISCSI_DIR="${ISCSI_DIR:-open-iscsi-${ISCSI_VER}}"
 ISCSI_SRCTAR="${ISCSI_SRCTAR:-${DISTDIR}/open-iscsi-${ISCSI_VER}.tar.gz}"
 ISCSI_BINCACHE="${ISCSI_BINCACHE:-%%CACHE%%/iscsi-${ISCSI_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2}"
-
-GPG_VER="${GPG_VER:-VERSION_GPG}"
-GPG_DIR="${GPG_DIR:-gnupg-${GPG_VER}}"
-GPG_SRCTAR="${GPG_SRCTAR:-${DISTDIR}/gnupg-${GPG_VER}.tar.bz2}"
-GPG_BINCACHE="${GPG_BINCACHE:-%%CACHE%%/gnupg-${GPG_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2}"
diff --git a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
index 90c38cdb..a68aa52b 100755
--- a/gen_compile.sh
+++ b/gen_compile.sh
@@ -452,48 +452,3 @@ compile_iscsi() {
 		rm -rf "${ISCSI_DIR}" > /dev/null
 	fi
 }
-
-compile_gpg() {
-	if [ -f "${GPG_BINCACHE}" ]
-	then
-		print_info 1 "gnupg: >> Using cache"
-	else
-		[ ! -f "${GPG_SRCTAR}" ] &&
-			gen_die "Could not find gnupg source tarball: ${GPG_SRCTAR}. Please place it there, or place another version, changing /etc/genkernel.conf as necessary!"
-		cd "${TEMP}"
-		rm -rf "${GPG_DIR}"
-		tar -jxf "${GPG_SRCTAR}"
-		[ ! -d "${GPG_DIR}" ] &&
-			gen_die "gnupg directory ${GPG_DIR} invalid"
-		cd "${GPG_DIR}"
-		apply_patches gnupg ${GPG_VER}
-		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Configuring...'
-		# --enable-minimal works, but it doesn't reduce the command length much.
-		# Given its history and the precision this needs, explicit is cleaner.
-		LDFLAGS='-static' CFLAGS='-Os' ./configure --prefix=/ \
-			--enable-static-rnd=linux --disable-dev-random --disable-asm \
-			--disable-selinux-support --disable-gnupg-iconv --disable-card-support \
-			--disable-agent-support --disable-bzip2 --disable-exec \
-			--disable-photo-viewers --disable-keyserver-helpers --disable-ldap \
-			--disable-hkp --disable-finger --disable-generic --disable-mailto \
-			--disable-keyserver-path --disable-dns-srv --disable-dns-pka \
-			--disable-dns-cert --disable-nls --disable-threads --disable-regex \
-			--disable-optimization --with-included-zlib --without-capabilities \
-			--without-tar --without-ldap --without-libcurl --without-mailprog \
-			--without-libpth-prefix --without-libiconv-prefix --without-libintl-prefix\
-			--without-zlib --without-bzip2 --without-libusb --without-readline \
-				>> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 || gen_die 'Configuring gnupg failed!'
-		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Compiling...'
-		compile_generic "" "utils"
-		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Copying to cache...'
-		[ -f "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" ] ||
-			gen_die 'gnupg executable does not exist!'
-		strip "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not strip gpg binary!'
-		bzip2 -z -c "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" > "${GPG_BINCACHE}" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not copy the gpg binary to the package directory, does the directory exist?'
-
-		cd "${TEMP}"
-		rm -rf "${GPG_DIR}" > /dev/null
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/gen_determineargs.sh b/gen_determineargs.sh
index 8aad5974..d9dc1539 100755
--- a/gen_determineargs.sh
+++ b/gen_determineargs.sh
@@ -143,14 +143,12 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	BUSYBOX_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"`
 	ISCSI_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${ISCSI_BINCACHE}"`
 	BLKID_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${BLKID_BINCACHE}"`
-	GPG_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${GPG_BINCACHE}"`
 
 	DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG}"`
 	BUSYBOX_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}"`
 	BUSYBOX_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"`
 	ISCSI_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${ISCSI_BINCACHE}"`
 	BLKID_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${BLKID_BINCACHE}"`
-	GPG_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${GPG_BINCACHE}"`
 
 	if [ -n "${CMD_BOOTLOADER}" ]
 	then
diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index a377edd8..819f83cb 100755
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -456,18 +456,16 @@ append_gpg() {
 	then
 		rm -r "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp"
 	fi
-	cd ${TEMP}
 	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/"
-	if [ ! -e ${GPG_BINCACHE} ] ; then
-		print_info 1 '		GPG: Adding support (compiling binaries)...'
-		compile_gpg
-	fi
-	bzip2 -dc "${GPG_BINCACHE}" > "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/gpg" ||
-		gen_die 'Could not extract gpg binary cache!'
-	chmod a+x "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/gpg"
+
+	print_info 1 "Including GPG support"
+	copy_binaries /sbin/gpg
+
 	cd "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/"
 	log_future_cpio_content
-	find . -print | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} --append -F "${CPIO}"
+	find . -print | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} --append -F "${CPIO}" \
+			|| gen_die "compressing gpg cpio"
+	cd "${TEMP}"
 	rm -rf "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp" > /dev/null
 }