diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_259.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_259.5.bb
index 351f78d173c..bf9c9f47763 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_259.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_259.5.bb
@@ -17,12 +17,3 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dsysvinit-path= -Dsysvrcnd-path="
 # determined at run-time, but rather set during configure
 # More details are here https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/35897#issuecomment-2665405887
 EXTRA_OEMESON += "--sysconfdir ${sysconfdir_native}"
-
-do_install:append() {
-	# Install systemd-sysv-install in /usr/bin rather than /usr/lib/systemd
-	# (where it is normally installed) so systemctl can find it in $PATH.
-	# It is expected that the use of systemd-sysv-install will be removed
-	# with version 259 of systemd and then this, and everything that was
-	# added along with it, should be reverted.
-	install -Dm 0755 ${S}/src/systemctl/systemd-sysv-install.SKELETON ${D}${bindir}/systemd-sysv-install
-}