diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
index 889473ee1f..80a797cf2c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
@@ -776,15 +776,19 @@ ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[runlevel] = "${base_sbindir}/runlevel"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[runlevel] ?= "300"
 
 pkg_postinst:${PN}:libc-glibc () {
-	sed -e '/^hosts:/s/\s*\<myhostname\>//' \
-		-e 's/\(^hosts:.*\)\(\<files\>\)\(.*\)\(\<dns\>\)\(.*\)/\1\2 myhostname \3\4\5/' \
-		-i $D${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'myhostname', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		sed -e '/^hosts:/s/\s*\<myhostname\>//' \
+			-e 's/\(^hosts:.*\)\(\<files\>\)\(.*\)\(\<dns\>\)\(.*\)/\1\2 myhostname \3\4\5/' \
+			-i $D${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_prerm:${PN}:libc-glibc () {
-	sed -e '/^hosts:/s/\s*\<myhostname\>//' \
-		-e '/^hosts:/s/\s*myhostname//' \
-		-i $D${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'myhostname', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		sed -e '/^hosts:/s/\s*\<myhostname\>//' \
+			-e '/^hosts:/s/\s*myhostname//' \
+			-i $D${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf
+	fi
 }
 
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "qemu-native"