diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index c858d89c05..25f322e8f3 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_MACHINED
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_MYHOSTNAME
 	bool "enable myhostname NSS plugin"
 	default y
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # needs nss.h
 	help
 	  nss-myhostname is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service
 	  Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc),
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_RANDOMSEED
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_RESOLVED
 	bool "enable resolve daemon"
 	default y
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # needs nss.h
 	help
 	  systemd-resolved is a system service that provides network
 	  name resolution to local applications. It implements a
@@ -285,7 +283,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_SMACK_SUPPORT
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_SYSUSERS
 	bool "enable sysusers support"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # needs gshadow.h
 	help
 	  systemd-sysusers creates system users and groups, based on
 	  the file format and location specified in sysusers.d(5).
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index ecbf7e97ff..e53f0b699a 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -40,18 +40,9 @@ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dsulogin-path=/usr/sbin/sulogin \
 	-Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
 	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
-	-Dnobody-group=nogroup
-
-# disable unsupported features for non-glibc toolchains
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-Dnobody-group=nogroup \
 	-Didn=true \
 	-Dnss-systemd=true
-else
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-Didn=false \
-	-Dnss-systemd=false
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ACL),y)
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += acl
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index f63f27b126..9e34f11b6c 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ config BR2_INIT_SYSV
 config BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	bool "systemd"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -137,14 +135,11 @@ config BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 
-comment "systemd needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar, threads, SSP, dynamic library, headers >= 3.10"
+comment "systemd needs a glibc toolchain w/ SSP, headers >= 3.10"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC) || \
-		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_10
 
 config BR2_INIT_NONE