diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_261.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_261.bb
index 2d1ecee49a..a37b5c6aad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_261.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-systemctl-native_261.bb
@@ -27,11 +27,3 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dpcre2=disabled -Dp11kit=disabled -Dopenssl=disabled"
 # 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
-}