diff --git a/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary b/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
index 75479b6..5aa9030 100755
--- a/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
+++ b/META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ find_slot() {
     [ "$slot" ] || slot=$($BB grep -o 'androidboot.slot=.*$' /proc/cmdline | $BB cut -d\  -f1 | $BB cut -d= -f2);
     [ "$slot" ] && slot=_$slot;
   fi;
+  [ "$slot" == "normal" ] && unset slot;
   [ "$slot" ] && echo "$slot";
 }
 setup_mountpoint() {
diff --git a/tools/ak3-core.sh b/tools/ak3-core.sh
index 43d173e..15c8c13 100755
--- a/tools/ak3-core.sh
+++ b/tools/ak3-core.sh
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ setup_ak() {
         [ "$slot" ] || slot=$(grep -o 'androidboot.slot=.*$' /proc/cmdline | cut -d\  -f1 | cut -d= -f2);
         [ "$slot" ] && slot=_$slot;
       fi;
+      [ "$slot" == "normal" ] && unset slot;
       if [ "$slot" ]; then
         if [ -d /postinstall/tmp -a ! "$slot_select" ]; then
           slot_select=inactive;