diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r2.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r2.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207.ebuild
index dda8c75afd..7e11911aba 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207.ebuild
@@ -255,12 +255,8 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	# Disable storing coredumps in journald, bug #433457
 	mv "${D}"/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf{,.disabled} || die
 
-	# Preserve empty dirs in /etc & /var, bug #437008
-	keepdir /etc/binfmt.d /etc/modules-load.d /etc/tmpfiles.d \
-		/etc/systemd/ntp-units.d /etc/systemd/user /var/lib/systemd
-
-	# Symlink /etc/sysctl.conf for easy migration.
-	dosym ../sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
+	# Preserve empty dir /var, bug #437008
+	keepdir /var/lib/systemd
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {