diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-tools-native_259.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-tools-native_259.5.bb
index 7212ed97507..d25e36ff3c0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-tools-native_259.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-tools-native_259.5.bb
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/systemd:"
 
-SUMMARY = "native tools from systemd"
-
 require systemd.inc
 
-DEPENDS = "gperf-native libcap-native util-linux-native python3-jinja2-native"
+SUMMARY = "native tools from systemd"
+
+# We don't actually need jinja to generate code, but it's checked for at configure time
+DEPENDS = "gperf-native python3-jinja2-native"
 
 inherit pkgconfig meson native
 
-MESON_TARGET = "systemctl"
-MESON_INSTALL_TAGS = "systemctl"
+# Disable everything that is auto-detected by default
+EXTRA_OEMESON += "--auto-features disabled"
+
+# Link systemctl statically
 EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dlink-systemctl-shared=false"
+
+# Ensure unused build paths are not in the binary
 EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dsysvinit-path= -Dsysvrcnd-path="
 
 # Systemctl is supposed to operate on target, but the target sysroot is not
 # 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}"
+
+MESON_TARGET = "systemctl"
+MESON_INSTALL_TAGS = "systemctl"