diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_249.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_249.5.bb
index ec9c350297..9993036aac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_249.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_249.5.bb
@@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[runlevel] = "${base_bindir}/systemctl"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[runlevel] = "${base_sbindir}/runlevel"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[runlevel] ?= "300"
 
+# Nothing picks up /var in the nativesdk case
+do_install_append_class-nativesdk () {
+	rm -rf ${D}/var
+}
+
 pkg_postinst:${PN}:libc-glibc () {
 	if [ "${PN}" != "${BPN}" ]; then
 		exit 0