diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 7564fcdfd0..d6dd38b31a 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Drootprefix=/usr \
                        -Dsplit-usr=false \
                        -Dsplit-bin=true \
-                       -Ddefault-hierarchy=hybrid \
+                       -Ddefault-hierarchy=unified \
                        -Dtty-gid=5 \
                        -Dtests=false \
                        -Dseccomp=false \