diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
index 6eb5ffd985..e4d93d2c88 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ do_install() {
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/run-postinsts.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
 	ln -sf ../run-postinsts.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/basic.target.wants/
 	ln -sf ../run-postinsts.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/sysinit.target.wants/
-
-	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/machineid.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
-	ln -sf ../machineid.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/sysinit.target.wants/
-	ln -sf ../machineid.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/basic.target.wants/
 }
 
 SYSTEMD_DISABLED_SYSV_SERVICES = " \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units/machineid.service b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units/machineid.service
deleted file mode 100644
index f586c6d60f..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units/machineid.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Machine ID first boot configure
-DefaultDependencies=no
-ConditionPathExists=|!/etc/machine-id
-After=systemd-remount-fs.service
-Before=sysinit.target
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/systemd-machine-id-setup
-RemainAfterExit=No
-Type=oneshot
-StandardOutput=syslog
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=basic.target
-WantedBy=sysinit.target