diff --git a/recipes-fixes/systemd/systemd_sysmocom.inc b/recipes-fixes/systemd/systemd_sysmocom.inc
index 43adddb..4554b69 100644
--- a/recipes-fixes/systemd/systemd_sysmocom.inc
+++ b/recipes-fixes/systemd/systemd_sysmocom.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ SRC_URI += "file://journald.conf \
 SRC_URI_append_sysmobts-v1 = " file://system.conf"
 SRC_URI_append_sysmobts-v2 = " file://system.conf"
 SRC_URI_append_sysmocom-odu = " file://system.conf"
+
+# We want the journal on the ODU...
 SRC_URI_append_sysmocom-idu = " file://system.conf"
+SRC_URI_remove_sysmocom-idu = " file://0001-Feature-switch-ListenDatagram-from-run-systemd-journ.patch "
 
 # Disable depedency on dbus
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove = "dbus"
@@ -22,6 +25,15 @@ SYSTEMD_DISABLED_NATIVE_SERVICES = " \
   systemd-logind \
 "
 
+# disable journald as it isn't efficient
+SYSMOCOM_DISABLED_JOURNALD_SERVICES = " \
+    systemd-journald.socket \
+    systemd-journald.service \
+    systemd-journal-flush.service \
+"
+
+SYSMOCOM_DISABLED_JOURNALD_SERVICES_sysmocom-idu = ""
+
 pkg_postinst_${PN}_append () {
         cd $D${sysconfdir}/init.d
 
@@ -40,9 +52,10 @@ pkg_postinst_${PN}_append () {
         done ; echo
 
         # disable journald because its using to much cpu under stress logging
-        systemctl ${OPTS} mask systemd-journald.socket
-        systemctl ${OPTS} mask systemd-journald.service
-        systemctl ${OPTS} mask systemd-journal-flush.service
+        for i in ${SYSMOCOM_DISABLED_JOURNALD_SERVICES} ; do
+            systemctl ${OPTS} mask $i.service
+        done
+
 }
 
 do_install_append() {