diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index 3b76e97633..6b380504fe 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -367,11 +367,12 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	rm "${D}"/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target \
 		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service \
 		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-resolved.service \
-		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-timesyncd.service \
+		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/systemd-timesyncd.service \
 		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service \
 		|| die
 	rmdir "${D}"/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants \
 		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants \
+		"${D}"/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants \
 		|| die
 	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target remote-fs.target
 	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target systemd-networkd.service