diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0005-ignore-storage-flash-mount-points.patch b/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0005-ignore-storage-flash-mount-points.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dd50609f12..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/patches/systemd-0005-ignore-storage-flash-mount-points.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/src/core/mount-setup.c b/src/core/mount-setup.c
---- a/src/core/mount-setup.c	2016-07-17 21:54:48.947510924 +0100
-+++ b/src/core/mount-setup.c	2016-07-17 21:56:02.708552744 +0100
-@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@
-         /* Container bind mounts */
-         "/proc/sys\0"
-         "/dev/console\0"
--        "/proc/kmsg\0";
-+        "/proc/kmsg\0"
-+        /* LibreELEC: always busy */
-+        "/flash\0"
-+        "/storage\0";
- 
- bool mount_point_is_api(const char *path) {
-         unsigned i;
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/system.d/flash.mount.d/dependencies.conf b/packages/sysutils/systemd/system.d/flash.mount.d/dependencies.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..911bbfa0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/system.d/flash.mount.d/dependencies.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Unit]
+DefaultDependencies=no
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 8323fc84ec..ed2256c3dc 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if [ "${TARGET}" = "target" ] ; then
 
     if [ -d ${PKG_TMP_DIR}/system.d ]; then
       mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/systemd/system
-      cp ${PKG_TMP_DIR}/system.d/*.* ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/systemd/system
+      cp -Pr ${PKG_TMP_DIR}/system.d/*.* ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/systemd/system
     fi
 
     if [ -d ${PKG_TMP_DIR}/udev.d ]; then