diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
index 8b6d0e8580..93cdd6fa16 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.5.bb
@@ -431,9 +431,9 @@ FILES:${PN}-binfmt = "${sysconfdir}/binfmt.d/ \
                       ${rootlibexecdir}/systemd/systemd-binfmt \
                       ${systemd_system_unitdir}/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.* \
                       ${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-binfmt.service"
-RRECOMMENDS:${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 \