diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
index 77ef2bc42f..2bca1fbc82 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@ FILES_${PN}-binfmt = "${sysconfdir}/binfmt.d/ \
                       ${rootlibexecdir}/systemd/systemd-binfmt \
                       ${systemd_unitdir}/system/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.* \
                       ${systemd_unitdir}/system/systemd-binfmt.service"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-binfmt = "kernel-module-binfmt-misc"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-binfmt = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'binfmt', 'kernel-module-binfmt-misc', '', d)}"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-vconsole-setup = "kbd kbd-consolefonts kbd-keymaps"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-vconsole-setup = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'vconsole', 'kbd kbd-consolefonts kbd-keymaps', '', d)}"
 
 
 FILES_${PN}-journal-gatewayd = "${rootlibexecdir}/systemd/systemd-journal-gatewayd \