diff --git a/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/el7.pan b/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/el7.pan
index ccb96123..9d997ee5 100644
--- a/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/el7.pan
+++ b/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/el7.pan
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ prefix "/system/aii/osinstall/ks";
 "langsupport" = null;
 "packages_args" = list("--ignoremissing");
 
-"end_script" = "%end";
+"end_script" = "%end";  # TODO: remove - no longer used
 "part_label" = true;
 "volgroup_required" = false;
 "lvmforce" = true;
diff --git a/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/sl6.pan b/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/sl6.pan
index 4f9ec70b..47301fa8 100644
--- a/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/sl6.pan
+++ b/aii-ks/src/main/pan/quattor/aii/ks/variants/sl6.pan
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ prefix "/system/aii/osinstall/ks";
 "mouse" = null;
 "langsupport" = null;
 
-"end_script" = "%end";
+"end_script" = "%end";  # TODO: remove - no longer used
 "part_label" = true;
 "volgroup_required" = false;
 
diff --git a/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pm b/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pm
index 35aaa435..1feb6031 100755
--- a/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pm
+++ b/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ use constant { KS               => "/system/aii/osinstall/ks",
                CCM_CONFIG_PATH  => "/software/components/ccm",
                NAMESERVER       => "/system/network/nameserver/0",
                FORWARDPROXY     => "forward",
-               END_SCRIPT_FIELD => "/system/aii/osinstall/ks/end_script",
                BASE_PKGS        => "/system/aii/osinstall/ks/base_packages",
                DISABLED_REPOS   => "/system/aii/osinstall/ks/disabled_repos",
                LOCALHOST        => hostname(),
@@ -551,10 +550,8 @@ EOF
             join ("\n", @packages_in_packages);
     }
     print "\n";
+    print $version >= ANACONDA_VERSION_EL_6_0 ? '%end' : '', "\n";
 
-    my $end = $config->elementExists(END_SCRIPT_FIELD) ? $config->getElement(END_SCRIPT_FIELD)->getValue() : '%end';
-    print $version >= ANACONDA_VERSION_EL_6_0 ? $end : '',
-          "\n";
     return $unprocessed_packages;
 
 }
@@ -863,7 +860,6 @@ EOF
 
     ksuserhooks ($config, PREENDHOOK);
 
-    my $end = $config->elementExists(END_SCRIPT_FIELD) ? $config->getElement(END_SCRIPT_FIELD)->getValue() : '%end';
     my $kstree = $config->getElement(KS)->getTree;
     my $version = get_anaconda_version($kstree);
 
@@ -885,7 +881,7 @@ echo 'End of pre section'
 # Drain remote logger (0 if not relevant)
 sleep \$drainsleep
 
-$end
+%end
 
 EOF
 
@@ -1713,14 +1709,13 @@ EOF
     }
 
     ksuserhooks ($config, PREREBOOTHOOK);
-    my $end = $config->getElement(END_SCRIPT_FIELD)->getValue();
     print <<EOF;
 echo 'End of post section'
 
 # Drain remote logger (0 if not relevant)
 sleep \$drainsleep
 
-$end
+%end
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pod b/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pod
index d7198e6d..1baa165e 100644
--- a/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pod
+++ b/aii-ks/src/main/perl/ks.pod
@@ -183,11 +183,9 @@ List of switches to add to the kickstart "%packages" line.
 Defaults to "--resolvedeps --ignoremissing"; you probably
 want to keep those in the list.
 
-=item * end_script : string
+=item * end_script ? string
 
-Closing tag used for Kickstart scripts C<%pre> and C<%post> and C<%packages> section 
-(usually either empty or "%end"). Early Anaconda versions (< 6) did not have such a closing 
-tag. Later the use of %end became optional, and recent Anaconda releases made it mandatory.
+No longer used.
 
 =item * part_label: boolean