diff --git a/docs/var-log/meson.build b/docs/var-log/meson.build
index 35f756cafe..0648be68e6 100644
--- a/docs/var-log/meson.build
+++ b/docs/var-log/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
-if conf.get('HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT') == 1 and get_option('create-log-dirs')
+if get_option('create-log-dirs')
         install_data('README.logs',
                      install_dir : docdir)
 endif
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
index 6726c6c0e5..b475500e58 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 
 d /run/lock 0755 root root -
 L /var/lock - - - - ../run/lock
-
-{% if HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT %}
 {% if CREATE_LOG_DIRS %}
 L$ /var/log/README - - - - ../..{{DOC_DIR}}/README.logs
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT %}
 # /run/lock/subsys is used for serializing SysV service execution, and
 # hence without use on SysV-less systems.
 d /run/lock/subsys 0755 root root -