diff --git a/updater/install.c b/updater/install.c
index f981017..c5aa77c 100644
--- a/updater/install.c
+++ b/updater/install.c
@@ -727,66 +727,14 @@
         goto done;
     }
 
-    mtd_scan_partitions();
-    const MtdPartition* mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(partition);
-    if (mtd == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"\n", name, partition);
+    char* filename = contents->data;
+    if (0 == restore_raw_partition(NULL, partition, filename))
+        result = strdup(partition);
+    else {
         result = strdup("");
         goto done;
     }
 
-    MtdWriteContext* ctx = mtd_write_partition(mtd);
-    if (ctx == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't write mtd partition \"%s\"\n",
-                name, partition);
-        result = strdup("");
-        goto done;
-    }
-
-    bool success;
-
-    if (contents->type == VAL_STRING) {
-        // we're given a filename as the contents
-        char* filename = contents->data;
-        FILE* f = fopen(filename, "rb");
-        if (f == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s: %s\n",
-                    name, filename, strerror(errno));
-            result = strdup("");
-            goto done;
-        }
-
-        success = true;
-        char* buffer = malloc(BUFSIZ);
-        int read;
-        while (success && (read = fread(buffer, 1, BUFSIZ, f)) > 0) {
-            int wrote = mtd_write_data(ctx, buffer, read);
-            success = success && (wrote == read);
-        }
-        free(buffer);
-        fclose(f);
-    } else {
-        // we're given a blob as the contents
-        ssize_t wrote = mtd_write_data(ctx, contents->data, contents->size);
-        success = (wrote == contents->size);
-    }
-    if (!success) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "mtd_write_data to %s failed: %s\n",
-                partition, strerror(errno));
-    }
-
-    if (mtd_erase_blocks(ctx, -1) == -1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error erasing blocks of %s\n", name, partition);
-    }
-    if (mtd_write_close(ctx) != 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error closing write of %s\n", name, partition);
-    }
-
-    printf("%s %s partition\n",
-           success ? "wrote" : "failed to write", partition);
-
-    result = success ? partition : strdup("");
-
 done:
     if (result != partition) FreeValue(partition_value);
     FreeValue(contents);