diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 320d416203..0cb10ea3d8 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_15
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # host-systemd
+	select BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS if !BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_BROKER # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index b24004c533..32462241a5 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ comment "openrc needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 
-# In Buildroot, we decided not to support a split-usr when systemd is
-# used as an init system. This is a design decision, not a systemd
-# issue. Thus the select is with BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD (below) rather than
-# with BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD.
 config BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	bool "systemd"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ config BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_15
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
-	select BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SKELETON_INIT_SYSTEMD if BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_DEFAULT