diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2102.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2102.0.bb
index 15e31ce..22059d1 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2102.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2102.0.bb
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
         install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
         install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/rsyslog.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
-        sed -i -e "s,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g" ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service
+        sed -i -e "s,@sbindir@,${sbindir},g" ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service
     fi
 }