diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.1.bb
index cdf72a50157..f464b979b07 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.1.bb
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     quotacheck \
     randomseed \
     resolved \
+    serial-getty-generator \
     set-time-epoch \
     sysusers \
     timedated \
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:libc-musl = " -D__UAPI_DEF_ETHHDR=0 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 
 # Use the upstream systemd serial-getty@.service and rely on
 # systemd-getty-generator instead of using the OE-core specific
-# systemd-serialgetty.bb - not enabled by default.
+# systemd-serialgetty.bb
 PACKAGECONFIG[serial-getty-generator] = ""
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "-Dacl=enabled,-Dacl=disabled,acl"
@@ -287,8 +288,10 @@ do_install() {
 		fi
 	fi
 	install -d ${D}/${base_sbindir}
+
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'serial-getty-generator', 'false', 'true', d)}; then
-		# Provided by a separate recipe
+		# Remove the serial-getty generator and instead use explicit services
+		# created by the systemd-serialgetty recipe
 		rm ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/serial-getty* -f
 	fi