diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.6.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.6.bb
index 9092d02c51..f1064f07c5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.6.bb
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     quotacheck \
     randomseed \
     resolved \
-    serial-getty-generator \
     set-time-epoch \
     sysusers \
     timedated \
@@ -125,11 +124,6 @@ TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:libc-musl = " -D__UAPI_DEF_ETHHDR=0 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 # Some of the dependencies are weak-style recommends - if not available at runtime,
 # systemd won't fail but the library-related feature will be skipped with a warning.
 
-# 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.
-PACKAGECONFIG[serial-getty-generator] = ""
-
 PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "-Dacl=enabled,-Dacl=disabled,acl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[audit] = "-Daudit=enabled,-Daudit=disabled,audit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[apparmor] = "-Dapparmor=enabled,-Dapparmor=disabled,apparmor"
@@ -290,12 +284,6 @@ do_install() {
 	fi
 	install -d ${D}/${base_sbindir}
 
-	if ! ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'serial-getty-generator', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
-		# Remove the serial-getty generator and instead use explicit services
-		# created by the systemd-serialgetty recipe
-		find ${D} -name \*getty-generator\* -delete
-	fi
-
 	# Provide support for initramfs
 	[ ! -e ${D}/init ] && ln -s ${nonarch_libdir}/systemd/systemd ${D}/init
 	[ ! -e ${D}/${base_sbindir}/udevd ] && ln -s ${nonarch_libdir}/systemd/systemd-udevd ${D}/${base_sbindir}/udevd