diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/ffdc_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/ffdc_git.bb
index c97afb7..81b7f45 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/ffdc_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/ffdc_git.bb
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/LICENSE;md5=e3fc50a88d0a364313df4b21ef20c29e"
 
+DEPENDS += "systemd"
+
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
-        systemd \
         ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
         "
 
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging_git.bb
index 636a4a6..2c6f75c 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging_git.bb
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${LOGGING_PACKAGES}"
 DBUS_PACKAGES = "${LOGGING_PACKAGES}"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-base += "sdbusplus phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
 FILES_${PN}-base += " \
         ${sbindir}/phosphor-log-manager \
         ${libdir}/libphosphor_logging.so.* \
 "
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-base += "xyz.openbmc_project.Logging.service"
 
-RDEPENDS_phosphor-rsyslog-config += "sdbusplus phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
 DBUS_SERVICE_phosphor-rsyslog-config += "xyz.openbmc_project.Syslog.Config.service"
 FILES_phosphor-rsyslog-config += " \
         ${sbindir}/phosphor-rsyslog-conf \