diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
index a97a978..d754a6d 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "sdeventplus"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "phosphor-logging"
+DEPENDS += "systemd"
 
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-watchdog"
 SRCREV = "50ae4b152ba8aaecd1a09634d2df7036f14e03ed"