diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/timeout.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/emergency-shell.sh
similarity index 59%
rename from overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/timeout.sh
rename to overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/emergency-shell.sh
index 85fb3d761d..6af08e539f 100644
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/timeout.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/emergency-shell.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@ _wait_for_journalctl_to_stop() {
     done
 }
 
-_prompt_for_timeout() {
-    local timeout=300
-    local interval=15
-
-    if [[ -e /.emergency-shell-confirmed ]]; then
-        return
-    fi
+_display_relevant_errors() { 
     failed=$(systemctl --failed --no-legend --plain | cut -f 1 -d ' ')
     if [ -n "${failed}" ]; then
         # Something failed, suppress kernel logs so that it's more likely
@@ -59,41 +53,9 @@ EOF
             journalctl -b --no-pager --no-hostname -u ${unit} -n 10
         done
     fi
-
-    # Regularly prompt with time remaining.  This ensures the prompt doesn't
-    # get lost among kernel and systemd messages, and makes it clear what's
-    # going on if the user just connected a serial console.
-    while [[ $timeout > 0 ]]; do
-        local m=$(( $timeout / 60 ))
-        local s=$(( $timeout % 60 ))
-        local m_label="minutes"
-        if [[ $m = 1 ]]; then
-            m_label="minute"
-        fi
-
-        if [[ $s != 0 ]]; then
-            echo -n -e "Press Enter for emergency shell or wait $m $m_label $s seconds for reboot.      \r"
-        else
-            echo -n -e "Press Enter for emergency shell or wait $m $m_label for reboot.                 \r"
-        fi
-
-        local anything
-        if read -t $interval anything; then
-            > /.emergency-shell-confirmed
-            return
-        fi
-        timeout=$(( $timeout - $interval ))
-    done
-
-    echo -e "\nRebooting."
-    # This is not very nice, but since reboot.target likely conflicts with
-    # the existing goal target wrt the desired state of shutdown.target,
-    # there doesn't seem to be a better option.
-    systemctl reboot --force
-    exit 0
 }
 
 # If we're invoked from a dracut breakpoint rather than
 # dracut-emergency.service, we won't have a controlling terminal and stdio
 # won't be connected to it. Explicitly read/write /dev/console.
-_prompt_for_timeout < /dev/console > /dev/console
+_display_relevant_errors < /dev/console > /dev/console
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/module-setup.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/module-setup.sh
index 63907da412..58d8baeaa5 100755
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/module-setup.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99emergency-timeout/module-setup.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install() {
         cut \
         date
 
-    inst_hook emergency 99 "${moddir}/timeout.sh"
+    inst_hook emergency 99 "${moddir}/emergency-shell.sh"
 
     inst_script "$moddir/ignition-virtio-dump-journal.sh" "/usr/bin/ignition-virtio-dump-journal"
     install_unit_wants ignition-virtio-dump-journal.service emergency.target