diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
index 87b5751e24..f3b8f13a55 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@ systemd_create_users () {
 			eval groupadd --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} $groupadd_params || true
 		elif [ "$type" = "m" ]; then
 			group=$id
-			if [ ! `grep -q "^${group}:" ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/group` ]; then
-				eval groupadd --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --system $group
-			fi
-			if [ ! `grep -q "^${name}:" ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/passwd` ]; then
-				eval useradd --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --shell /sbin/nologin --system $name
-			fi
+			eval groupadd --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --system $group || true
+			eval useradd --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --shell /sbin/nologin --system $name --no-user-group || true
 			eval usermod --root ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} -a -G $group $name
 		fi
 		done