diff --git a/debian/linkchecker.postinst b/debian/linkchecker.postinst
index 4a1e775b..901fd8c7 100755
--- a/debian/linkchecker.postinst
+++ b/debian/linkchecker.postinst
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/linkchecker/logging.conf 7.3 -- "$@"
 
 # reload apache configuration
 if [ "$1" = "configure" -a -x /etc/init.d/apache2 ]; then
-    if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ]; then
-        /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d apache2 reload
-    else
-        /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
-    fi
+    /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d apache2 reload || true
 fi
 
 exit 0