diff --git a/package/dhcp/Config.in b/package/dhcp/Config.in
index e6e70908dd..515040c612 100644
--- a/package/dhcp/Config.in
+++ b/package/dhcp/Config.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_DHCP
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DHCP_SERVER
 	bool "dhcp server"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_TMPFILES if BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	help
 	  DHCP server from the ISC DHCP distribution.
 
diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 27a12bc947..833c89eaa2 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -501,15 +501,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_TIMESYNCD
 	  http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-timesyncd.html
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_TMPFILES
-	bool "enable tmpfiles support"
+	bool
 	default y
-	help
-	  systemd-tmpfiles creates, deletes, and cleans up volatile
-	  and temporary files and directories, based on the
-	  configuration file format and location specified in
-	  tmpfiles.d(5).
-
-	  http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-tmpfiles.html
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_USERDB
 	bool "enable userdb daemon"
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 540a4d64f9..7bf8018438 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dsysvrcnd-path= \
 	-Dtelinit-path= \
 	-Dtests=false \
+	-Dtmpfiles=true \
 	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
 	-Dutmp=false
 
@@ -315,12 +316,6 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dquotacheck=false
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_TMPFILES),y)
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dtmpfiles=true
-else
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dtmpfiles=false
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_SYSUSERS),y)
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dsysusers=true
 else