diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 01ebad4e1f..cd5d61e347 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
 IMAGE_FEATURES += "${EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES}"
 
-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "pulseaudio ${DISTRO_FEATURES_INITMAN}"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "pulseaudio sysvinit"
 MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL = "rtc"
 
 COMBINED_FEATURES = "\