diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
index 8859dad..a66e540 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 	parent=$(dirname ${localedir})
 	mkdir -p ${PKGD}/$parent
 	tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -p $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
+
+	# Finalize tree by chaning all duplicate files into hard links
+	cross-localedef-hardlink -c -v ${WORKDIR}/locale-tree
 }
 
 inherit qemu
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@
                 bb.error("locale_arch_options not found for target_arch=" + target_arch)
                 bb.fatal("unknown arch:" + target_arch + " for locale_arch_options")
 
-            localedef_opts += " --force  --no-archive --prefix=%s \
+            localedef_opts += " --force --no-hard-links --no-archive --prefix=%s \
                 --inputfile=%s/%s/i18n/locales/%s --charmap=%s %s/%s" \
                 % (treedir, treedir, datadir, locale, encoding, outputpath, name)
 
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@
                 (path, i18npath, gconvpath, localedef_opts)
         else: # earlier slower qemu way 
             qemu = qemu_target_binary(d) 
-            localedef_opts = "--force --no-archive --prefix=%s \
+            localedef_opts = "--force --no-hard-links --no-archive --prefix=%s \
                 --inputfile=%s/i18n/locales/%s --charmap=%s %s" \
                 % (treedir, datadir, locale, encoding, name)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index e67bb5b..114d655 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -2252,14 +2252,18 @@
 }
 addtask do_package_setscene
 
-do_packagedata () {
-	:
+# Copy from PKGDESTWORK to tempdirectory as tempdirectory can be cleaned at both
+# do_package_setscene and do_packagedata_setscene leading to races
+python do_packagedata () {
+    src = d.expand("${PKGDESTWORK}")
+    dest = d.expand("${WORKDIR}/pkgdata-pdata-input")
+    oe.path.copyhardlinktree(src, dest)
 }
 
 addtask packagedata before do_build after do_package
 
 SSTATETASKS += "do_packagedata"
-do_packagedata[sstate-inputdirs] = "${PKGDESTWORK}"
+do_packagedata[sstate-inputdirs] = "${WORKDIR}/pkgdata-pdata-input"
 do_packagedata[sstate-outputdirs] = "${PKGDATA_DIR}"
 do_packagedata[stamp-extra-info] = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/systemd.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/systemd.bbclass
index d1cb17d..747055b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/systemd.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/systemd.bbclass
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@
         if (os.path.exists(systemd_libdir) and not os.listdir(systemd_libdir)):
             os.rmdir(systemd_libdir)
 }
-do_install[postfuncs] += "rm_systemd_unitdir "
 
 python rm_sysvinit_initddir (){
     import shutil
@@ -229,4 +228,8 @@
         if (os.path.exists(systemd_system_unitdir) and os.listdir(systemd_system_unitdir)):
             shutil.rmtree(sysv_initddir)
 }
-do_install[postfuncs] += "rm_sysvinit_initddir "
+
+do_install[postfuncs] += "${RMINITDIR} "
+RMINITDIR_class-target = " rm_sysvinit_initddir rm_systemd_unitdir "
+RMINITDIR = ""
+