diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r39.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r40.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r39.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r40.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
index 3de8d2f9ca..864d2a7873 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-9999.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	sys-block/parted
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
-	sys-apps/systemd
+	>=sys-apps/systemd-207-r5
 	"
 
 src_install() {
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ src_install() {
 		emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 	fi
 
-	# Set the default target to multi-user not graphical, this is CoreOS!
-	dosym /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
-
 	systemd_enable_service basic.target coreos-startup.target
 
 	# Services!
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r5.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r4.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-207-r5.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 b3a7496b9b..6ab5e40640 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
@@ -242,11 +242,6 @@ multilib_src_install() {
 
 		emake "${mymakeopts[@]}"
 	fi
-
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/binfmt.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/sysctl.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/tmpfiles.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/modules-load.d
 }
 
 multilib_src_install_all() {
@@ -262,6 +257,13 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 
 	# Preserve empty dir /var, bug #437008
 	keepdir /var/lib/systemd
+
+	# Keep /etc clean
+	rmdir "${D}"/etc/{binfmt,modules-load,sysctl,tmpfiles}.d || die
+
+	# Don't default to graphical.target
+	rm "${D}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target || die
+	dosym multi-user.target /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-210.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-210.ebuild
index cb79a46647..8918cb649b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-210.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-210.ebuild
@@ -321,11 +321,6 @@ multilib_src_install() {
 	local pcfiles=( src/compat-libs/libsystemd-{daemon,id128,journal,login}.pc )
 	emake "${mymakeopts[@]}" install-pkgconfiglibDATA \
 		pkgconfiglib_DATA="${pcfiles[*]}"
-
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/binfmt.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/sysctl.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/tmpfiles.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/modules-load.d
 }
 
 multilib_src_install_all() {
@@ -342,6 +337,13 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 
 	# Preserve empty dir /var, bug #437008
 	keepdir /var/lib/systemd
+
+	# Keep /etc clean
+	rmdir "${D}"/etc/{binfmt,modules-load,sysctl,tmpfiles}.d || die
+
+	# Don't default to graphical.target
+	rm "${D}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target || die
+	dosym multi-user.target /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
 }
 
 migrate_locale() {
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 b85775a1e5..618ed1a0c8 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
@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ multilib_src_install() {
 	local pcfiles=( src/compat-libs/libsystemd-{daemon,id128,journal,login}.pc )
 	emake "${mymakeopts[@]}" install-pkgconfiglibDATA \
 		pkgconfiglib_DATA="${pcfiles[*]}"
-
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/binfmt.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/sysctl.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/tmpfiles.d
-	rmdir ${D}/etc/modules-load.d
 }
 
 multilib_src_install_all() {
@@ -349,6 +344,13 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 
 	# Preserve empty dir /var, bug #437008
 	keepdir /var/lib/systemd
+
+	# Keep /etc clean
+	rmdir "${D}"/etc/{binfmt,modules-load,sysctl,tmpfiles}.d || die
+
+	# Don't default to graphical.target
+	rm "${D}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target || die
+	dosym multi-user.target /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target
 }
 
 migrate_locale() {