diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
index b2d3b5e..da8c337 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@
         rm ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/version
 }
 
-disable_systemd_pager() {
-        echo "SYSTEMD_PAGER=" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/profile
-        echo "export SYSTEMD_PAGER" >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/profile
-}
-
 enable_ldap_nsswitch() {
     sed -i 's/\(\(passwd\|group\|shadow\):\s*\).*/\1files ldap/' \
         "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image-base.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image-base.bb
index 2d91377..38b1c2d 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image-base.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image-base.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@
 # The /etc/version file is misleading and not useful.  Remove it.
 # Users should instead rely on /etc/os-release.
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_etc_version ; "
-
-# Disable the pager to prevent systemd injecting control characters into the
-# output stream that are not interpreted by busybox tools.
-ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "disable_systemd_pager ; "
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
index 63908a1..76515fa 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bb
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
 # Users should instead rely on /etc/os-release.
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_etc_version ; "
 
-# Disable the pager to prevent systemd injecting control characters into the
-# output stream that are not interpreted by busybox tools.
-ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "disable_systemd_pager ; "
-
 # The shadow recipe provides the binaries(like useradd, usermod) needed by the
 # phosphor-user-manager.
 ROOTFS_RO_UNNEEDED_remove = "shadow"