diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 88065e2..d40168e 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 # Disable timesync as we don't use it and it makes rebooting much slower
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_gbmc = "timesyncd"
+
+# We don't need any legacy sysv rc compatability
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove_gbmc = "sysvinit"