diff --git a/libexec-convert-config.sh b/libexec-convert-config.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ca9884f..0000000
--- a/libexec-convert-config.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Author: Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@redhat.com>
-
-. /usr/libexec/openldap/functions
-
-function help()
-{
-	error "usage: %s [-f config-file] [-F config-dir]\n" "`basename $0`"
-	exit 2
-}
-
-load_sysconfig
-
-while getopts :f:F: opt; do
-	case "$opt" in
-	f)
-		SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE="$OPTARG"
-		;;
-	F)
-		SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR="$OPTARG"
-		;;
-	*)
-		help
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-shift $((OPTIND-1))
-[ -n "$1" ] && help
-
-# check source, target
-
-if [ ! -f "$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
-	error "Source configuration file '%s' not found." "$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if grep -iq '^dn: cn=config$' "$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE"; then
-	SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE_FORMAT=ldif
-else
-	SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE_FORMAT=conf
-fi
-
-if [ -d "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" ]; then
-	if [ `find "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" -maxdepth 0 -empty | wc -l` -eq 0 ]; then
-		error "Target configuration directory '%s' is not empty." "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
-# perform the conversion
-
-tmp_convert=`mktemp --tmpdir=/var/run/openldap`
-
-if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ]; then
-	install -d --owner $SLAPD_USER --group `id -g $SLAPD_USER` --mode 0700 "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" &>>$tmp_convert
-	if [ $SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE_FORMAT = ldif ]; then
-		run_as_ldap "/usr/sbin/slapadd -F \"$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR\" -n 0 -l \"$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE\"" &>>$tmp_convert
-	else
-		run_as_ldap "/usr/sbin/slaptest -f \"$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE\" -F \"$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR\"" &>>$tmp_convert
-	fi
-	retcode=$?
-else
-	error "You are not root! Permission will not be set."
-	install -d --mode 0700 "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" &>>$tmp_convert
-	if [ $SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE_FORMAT = ldif ]; then
-		/usr/sbin/slapadd -F "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" -n 0 -l "$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE" &>>$tmp_convert
-	else
-		/usr/sbin/slaptest -f "$SLAPD_CONFIG_FILE" -F "$SLAPD_CONFIG_DIR" &>>$tmp_convert
-	fi
-	retcode=$?
-fi
-
-if [ $retcode -ne 0 ]; then
-	error "Configuration conversion failed:"
-	cat $tmp_convert >&2
-fi
-
-rm $tmp_convert
-exit $retcode
diff --git a/openldap.spec b/openldap.spec
index 500696d..f12a1b4 100644
--- a/openldap.spec
+++ b/openldap.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Source3: slapd.ldif
 Source4: ldap.conf
 Source10: ltb-project-openldap-ppolicy-check-password-%{check_password_version}.tar.gz
 Source50: libexec-functions
-Source51: libexec-convert-config.sh
 Source52: libexec-check-config.sh
 Source53: libexec-upgrade-db.sh
 Source54: libexec-create-certdb.sh
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ install -m 0644 %SOURCE4 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openldap/ldap.conf
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}
 install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap
 install -m 0644 %SOURCE50 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap/functions
-install -m 0755 %SOURCE51 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap/convert-config.sh
 install -m 0755 %SOURCE52 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap/check-config.sh
 install -m 0755 %SOURCE53 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap/upgrade-db.sh
 install -m 0755 %SOURCE54 %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/openldap/create-certdb.sh
@@ -376,7 +374,11 @@ exit 0
 if [[ ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config.ldif && \
       ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/slapd.conf
    ]]; then
-    %{_libexecdir}/openldap/convert-config.sh -f %{_datadir}/openldap-servers/slapd.ldif &>/dev/null
+      # if there is no configuration available, generate one from the defaults
+      mkdir -p %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/slapd.d/ &>/dev/null || :
+      /usr/sbin/slapadd -F %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/slapd.d/ -n0 -l %{_datadir}/openldap-servers/slapd.ldif
+      chown -R ldap:ldap %{_sysconfdir}/openldap/slapd.d/
+      %{systemctl_bin} try-restart slapd.service &>/dev/null
 fi
 
 start_slapd=0
@@ -516,7 +518,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/openldap/valsort*
 %{_libdir}/openldap/check_password*
 %{_libexecdir}/openldap/functions
-%{_libexecdir}/openldap/convert-config.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/openldap/check-config.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/openldap/upgrade-db.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/openldap/generate-server-cert.sh
@@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ exit 0
 * Mon Jan 26 2015 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 2.4.40-7
 - remove tmpfiles config since it's no longer needed
 - fix invalid ldif
+- simplify checking for missing server configuration
 
 * Fri Jan 16 2015 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 2.4.40-6
 - remove openldap-fedora-systemd.patch