diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index eb5abc99f407..c2c46de1f4e1 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ packagesystem: base.txz kernel.txz ${EXTRA_PACKAGES}
 	touch ${.TARGET}
 
 pkg-stage:
-.if !defined(NOPKG) && exists(${.CURDIR}/${TARGET}/pkg-stage.conf)
-	sh ${.CURDIR}/scripts/pkg-stage.sh ${.CURDIR}/${TARGET}/pkg-stage.conf \
-		${REVISION}
+.if !defined(NOPKG)
+	env REPOS_DIR=${.CURDIR}/pkg_repos/ \
+		sh ${.CURDIR}/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
 	mkdir -p ${.OBJDIR}/dvd/packages/repos/
 	cp ${.CURDIR}/scripts/FreeBSD_install_cdrom.conf \
 		${.OBJDIR}/dvd/packages/repos/
diff --git a/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf b/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ea7dc40e807..000000000000
--- a/release/amd64/pkg-stage.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-
-export PKG_ABI="freebsd:${REVISION%.[0-9]*}:x86:64"
-export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1
-export __PKG_CONF="/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf"
-export PACKAGESITE="http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${PKG_ABI}/latest"
-export MIRROR_TYPE="SRV"
-export REPO_AUTOUPDATE="NO"
-export PKG_DBDIR="/tmp/pkg"
-export PKG_CACHEDIR="dvd/packages/${PKG_ABI}"
-export PERMISSIVE="YES"
-export PKGCMD="/usr/sbin/pkg -d -C ${__PKG_CONF}"
-
-DVD_PACKAGES="archivers/unzip
-devel/subversion
-devel/subversion-static
-emulators/linux_base-f10
-misc/freebsd-doc-all
-net/mpd5
-net/rsync
-ports-mgmt/pkg
-ports-mgmt/portaudit
-ports-mgmt/portmaster
-shells/bash
-shells/zsh
-security/sudo
-sysutils/screen
-www/firefox
-www/links
-x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware
-x11/gnome2
-x11/kde4
-x11/xorg"
diff --git a/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf b/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf
deleted file mode 100755
index 6d9e8efdd373..000000000000
--- a/release/i386/pkg-stage.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# $FreeBSD$
-#
-
-export PKG_ABI="freebsd:${REVISION%.[0-9]*}:x86:32"
-export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1
-export __PKG_CONF="/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf"
-export PACKAGESITE="http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${PKG_ABI}/latest"
-export MIRROR_TYPE="SRV"
-export REPO_AUTOUPDATE="NO"
-export PKG_DBDIR="/tmp/pkg"
-export PKG_CACHEDIR="dvd/packages/${PKG_ABI}"
-export PERMISSIVE="YES"
-export PKGCMD="/usr/sbin/pkg -d -C ${__PKG_CONF}"
-
-DVD_PACKAGES="archivers/unzip
-devel/subversion
-devel/subversion-static
-emulators/linux_base-f10
-misc/freebsd-doc-all
-net/mpd5
-net/rsync
-ports-mgmt/pkg
-ports-mgmt/portaudit
-ports-mgmt/portmaster
-shells/bash
-shells/zsh
-security/sudo
-sysutils/screen
-www/firefox
-www/links
-x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware
-x11/gnome2
-x11/kde4
-x11/xorg"
diff --git a/release/pkg_repos/release-dvd.conf b/release/pkg_repos/release-dvd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95413592b719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/pkg_repos/release-dvd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+release: {
+  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
+  mirror_type: "srv",
+  signature_type: "fingerprints",
+  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
+  enabled: yes
+}
diff --git a/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh b/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
index 3781f776656a..2281435aff45 100755
--- a/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/pkg-stage.sh
@@ -5,24 +5,31 @@
 
 set -e
 
-usage() {
-	echo "$(basename ${0}) /path/to/pkg-stage.conf revision"
-	exit 1
-}
+export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=1
+export PKG_DBDIR="/tmp/pkg"
+export PERMISSIVE="YES"
+export REPO_AUTOUPDATE="NO"
+export PKGCMD="/usr/sbin/pkg -d"
 
-if [ ! -e "${1}" ]; then
-	echo "Configuration file not specified."
-	echo
-	usage
-fi
-
-if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
-	usage
-fi
-
-# Source config file for this architecture.
-REVISION="${2}"
-. "${1}" || exit 1
+DVD_PACKAGES="archivers/unzip
+devel/subversion
+devel/subversion-static
+emulators/linux_base-f10
+misc/freebsd-doc-all
+net/mpd5
+net/rsync
+ports-mgmt/pkg
+ports-mgmt/portmaster
+shells/bash
+shells/zsh
+security/sudo
+sysutils/screen
+www/firefox
+www/links
+x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware
+x11/gnome2
+x11/kde4
+x11/xorg"
 
 # If NOPORTS is set for the release, do not attempt to build pkg(8).
 if [ ! -f /usr/ports/Makefile ]; then
@@ -33,8 +40,13 @@ if [ ! -x /usr/local/sbin/pkg ]; then
 	/usr/bin/make -C /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg install clean
 fi
 
+export PKG_ABI=$(pkg -vv | grep ^ABI | awk '{print $3}')
+export PKG_CACHEDIR="dvd/packages/${PKG_ABI}"
+
 /bin/mkdir -p ${PKG_CACHEDIR}
 
+# Print pkg(8) information to make debugging easier.
+${PKGCMD} -vv
 ${PKGCMD} update -f
 ${PKGCMD} fetch -d ${DVD_PACKAGES}