diff --git a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 4c28313..8ea681a 100644
--- a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "nss-resolve resolved"
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "halt reboot shutdown poweroff runlevel ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'resolved', 'resolv-conf', '', d)}"
+
+
+# The only reason for this line is to remove os-release from "dependencies" of systemd
+# Having this dependency leads to a rebuild of systemd when os-release is rebuilt,
+# even when the recommendations are excluded.
+# It may not be required with future releases of yocto.
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_remove = "os-release"