diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
index 549442232e..b6ccaaa78d 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
 HOST_UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 # We also don't want the host-python dependency
-HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS = --without-python
+HOST_UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--without-systemd \
+	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no \
+	--without-python
 
 # Prevent the installation from attempting to move shared libraries from
 # ${usrlib_execdir} (/usr/lib) to ${libdir} (/lib), since both paths are