diff --git a/Rocky-8-Container-Base.ks b/Rocky-8-Container-Base.ks
index dd21130..a37b730 100644
--- a/Rocky-8-Container-Base.ks
+++ b/Rocky-8-Container-Base.ks
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ glibc-minimal-langpack
 hostname
 iputils # this pulls in systemd, lets ask for it by name, too
 less
-systemd
 rocky-release
 rootfiles
 tar
diff --git a/Rocky-8-Container-Minimal.ks b/Rocky-8-Container-Minimal.ks
index b36c23a..d65508d 100644
--- a/Rocky-8-Container-Minimal.ks
+++ b/Rocky-8-Container-Minimal.ks
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ autopart --noboot --nohome --noswap --nolvm --fstype=ext4
 bash
 coreutils-single
 glibc-minimal-langpack
-systemd
 microdnf
 rocky-release
 
diff --git a/Rocky-8-Container-UBI.ks b/Rocky-8-Container-UBI.ks
index 108ccf8..5d7b8f6 100644
--- a/Rocky-8-Container-UBI.ks
+++ b/Rocky-8-Container-UBI.ks
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ dmidecode
 findutils
 glibc-minimal-langpack
 libcurl
-systemd
 rocky-release
 rootfiles
 tar