diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.7.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.7.bb
index bf829c4931..159a0e25b8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.7.bb
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dnobody-user=nobody \
                   -Dsystem-gid-max=999 \
                   -Dcreate-log-dirs=false \
                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'zeroconf', '-Ddefault-mdns=no -Ddefault-llmnr=no', '', d)} \
+                  --auto-features=disabled \
                   "
 
 # Hardcode target binary paths to avoid using paths from sysroot or worse