diff --git a/classes/sdcard_image-rpi.bbclass b/classes/sdcard_image-rpi.bbclass
index 6b7433e..87c8afa 100644
--- a/classes/sdcard_image-rpi.bbclass
+++ b/classes/sdcard_image-rpi.bbclass
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ IMAGE_CMD_rpi-sdimg () {
         fi
 
 	# Burn Partitions
-	dd if=${WORKDIR}/boot.img of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024) && sync && sync
+	dd if=${WORKDIR}/boot.img of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024)
 	# If SDIMG_ROOTFS_TYPE is a .xz file use xzcat
 	if echo "${SDIMG_ROOTFS_TYPE}" | egrep -q "*\.xz"
 	then
-		xzcat ${SDIMG_ROOTFS} | dd of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr 1024 \* ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024) && sync && sync
+		xzcat ${SDIMG_ROOTFS} | dd of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr 1024 \* ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024)
 	else
-		dd if=${SDIMG_ROOTFS} of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr 1024 \* ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024) && sync && sync
+		dd if=${SDIMG_ROOTFS} of=${SDIMG} conv=notrunc seek=1 bs=$(expr 1024 \* ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \* 1024)
 	fi
 
 	# Optionally apply compression