diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
index a8c77c8a17..4e99a53b06 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 DEPENDS_append = " systemd-systemctl-native"
 
-systemd_unitdir = "${base_libdir}/systemd"
-
 systemd_postinst() {
 OPTS=""