diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
index a907d60e84..9fd7eccb38 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dnobody-user=nobody \
                   -Dsystem-uid-max=999 \
                   -Dsystem-alloc-gid-min=101 \
                   -Dsystem-gid-max=999 \
+                  -Dcreate-log-dirs=false \
                   "
 
 # Hardcode target binary paths to avoid using paths from sysroot or worse