diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index e4320697f6..23409631dc 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -150,16 +150,10 @@ define SYSTEMD_INSTALL_MACHINEID_HOOK
 	touch $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/machine-id
 endef
 
-define SYSTEMD_SANITIZE_PATH_IN_UNITS
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/systemd/system -name '*.service' \
-		-exec $(SED) 's,$(HOST_DIR),,g' {} \;
-endef
-
 SYSTEMD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += \
 	SYSTEMD_INSTALL_INIT_HOOK \
 	SYSTEMD_INSTALL_MACHINEID_HOOK \
-	SYSTEMD_INSTALL_RESOLVCONF_HOOK \
-	SYSTEMD_SANITIZE_PATH_IN_UNITS
+	SYSTEMD_INSTALL_RESOLVCONF_HOOK
 
 define SYSTEMD_USERS
 	systemd-journal -1 systemd-journal -1 * /var/log/journal - - Journal