diff --git a/manifests/run.pp b/manifests/run.pp
index 74ddbae17..a686e5651 100755
--- a/manifests/run.pp
+++ b/manifests/run.pp
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@
             timeout     => 0
         }
 
+        file { $initscript:
+          ensure  => absent,
+        }
+
     }
     else {
       file { $initscript:
diff --git a/spec/defines/run_spec.rb b/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
index d6c53c5f5..4dce1eb34 100755
--- a/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/run_spec.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
           else
             it { should contain_file(initscript).with_content(/Required-Start:.*\s+docker-foo/) }
             it { should contain_file(initscript).with_content(/Required-Start:.*\s+docker-bar/) }
-            it { should contain_file(initscript).with_content(/Required-Start:.*\s+docker-foo_bar-baz/) }            
+            it { should contain_file(initscript).with_content(/Required-Start:.*\s+docker-foo_bar-baz/) }
           end
         end
       end
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@
         it { should compile.with_all_deps }
         it { should contain_service('docker-sample').with_ensure(false) }
         it { should contain_exec("remove container docker-sample").with_command('docker rm -v sample') }
+        it { should contain_file(initscript).with_ensure('absent') }
       end
 
     end