diff --git a/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules b/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
index 13c9076..2967ace 100644
--- a/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
+++ b/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SUBSYSTEM!="block", GOTO="md_end"
 
 # handle md arrays
-ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="md_end"
+ACTION=="remove", GOTO="md_end"
 KERNEL!="md*", GOTO="md_end"
 
 # partitions have no md/{array_state,metadata_version}, but should not
diff --git a/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules b/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
index d668cdd..39b4344 100644
--- a/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
+++ b/udev-md-raid-assembly.rules
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ LABEL="md_inc"
 
 # remember you can limit what gets auto/incrementally assembled by
 # mdadm.conf(5)'s 'AUTO' and selectively whitelist using 'ARRAY'
-ACTION=="add|change", IMPORT{program}="BINDIR/mdadm --incremental --export $devnode --offroot $env{DEVLINKS}"
-ACTION=="add|change", ENV{MD_STARTED}=="*unsafe*", ENV{MD_FOREIGN}=="no", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdadm-last-resort@$env{MD_DEVICE}.timer"
+ACTION!="remove", IMPORT{program}="BINDIR/mdadm --incremental --export $devnode --offroot $env{DEVLINKS}"
+ACTION!="remove", ENV{MD_STARTED}=="*unsafe*", ENV{MD_FOREIGN}=="no", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdadm-last-resort@$env{MD_DEVICE}.timer"
+
 ACTION=="remove", ENV{ID_PATH}=="?*", RUN+="BINDIR/mdadm -If $name --path $env{ID_PATH}"
 ACTION=="remove", ENV{ID_PATH}!="?*", RUN+="BINDIR/mdadm -If $name"
 
diff --git a/udev-md-raid-safe-timeouts.rules b/udev-md-raid-safe-timeouts.rules
index 12bdcaa..2e185ce 100644
--- a/udev-md-raid-safe-timeouts.rules
+++ b/udev-md-raid-safe-timeouts.rules
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ENV{DEVTYPE}!="partition", GOTO="md_timeouts_end"
 
 IMPORT{program}="/sbin/mdadm --examine --export $devnode"
 
-ACTION=="add|change", \
+ACTION!="remove", \
   ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="linux_raid_member", \
   ENV{MD_LEVEL}=="raid[1-9]*", \
   TEST=="/sys/block/$parent/device/timeout", \