diff --git a/applications/luci-app-opkg/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/opkg.js b/applications/luci-app-opkg/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/opkg.js
index 053d74729f15..1ed27447f1b4 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-opkg/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/opkg.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-opkg/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/opkg.js
@@ -984,7 +984,10 @@ function handleOpkg(ev)
 				_('Waiting for the <em>opkg %h</em> command to complete…').format(cmd))
 		]);
 
-		var argv = [ cmd, '--force-removal-of-dependent-packages' ];
+		var argv = [ cmd ];
+
+		if (cmd == 'remove')
+			argv.push('--force-removal-of-dependent-packages')
 
 		if (rem && rem.checked)
 			argv.push('--autoremove');
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-opkg/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-opkg.json b/applications/luci-app-opkg/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-opkg.json
index d6531a58e440..649666c26034 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-opkg/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-opkg.json
+++ b/applications/luci-app-opkg/root/usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/luci-app-opkg.json
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 		},
 		"write": {
 			"file": {
+				"/usr/libexec/opkg-call install": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/libexec/opkg-call install *": [ "exec" ],
 				"/usr/libexec/opkg-call remove *": [ "exec" ],
-				"/usr/libexec/opkg-call update *": [ "exec" ],
+				"/usr/libexec/opkg-call update": [ "exec" ],
 				"/etc/opkg.conf": [ "write" ],
 				"/etc/opkg/*.conf": [ "write" ],
 				"/tmp/upload.ipk": [ "write" ]