diff --git a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/files/openvswitch-testcontroller b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/files/openvswitch-testcontroller
index aad5ad60..57c77983 100755
--- a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/files/openvswitch-testcontroller
+++ b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/files/openvswitch-testcontroller
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ PIDFILE=/var/run/openvswitch/$NAME.pid
 
 test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
 
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+. /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-lib
 
 # Default options, these can be overriden by the information
 # at /etc/default/openvswitch-testcontroller
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ running_pid() {
     return 0
 }
 
+log_begin_msg () {
+    echo "$@"
+}
+
+log_end_msg () {
+    echo "$@"
+}
+
 running() {
 # Check if the process is running looking at /proc
 # (works for all users)
diff --git a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch.inc b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch.inc
index 46865bd1..37fbe5ab 100644
--- a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch.inc
+++ b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS += "bridge-utils openssl python3 perl python3-six-native coreutils-nativ
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "util-linux-uuidgen util-linux-libuuid coreutils \
         python3 perl perl-module-strict ${PN}-switch \
         bash python3-twisted python3-six"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-testcontroller = "${PN} lsb ${PN}-pki"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-testcontroller = "${PN} ${PN}-pki"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-switch = "${PN} openssl procps util-linux-uuidgen"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-pki = "${PN}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-brcompat = "${PN} ${PN}-switch"