diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95ffc555a2..8567e984a6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ CHANGES WITH 251:
           can still be used by explicitly configuring RouteTable= setting in
           .netdev files.
 
+        * Jobs started via StartUnitWithFlags() will no longer return 'skipped'
+          when a Condition*= check does not succeed, restoring the JobRemoved
+          signal to the behaviour it had before v250.
+
         * The org.freedesktop.portable1 methods GetMetadataWithExtensions and
           GetImageMetadataWithExtensions have been fixed to provide an extra return
           parameter, containing the actual extensions release metadata. The
diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
index 5f1f586222..d47d916b76 100644
--- a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
+++ b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
@@ -1206,10 +1206,7 @@ node /org/freedesktop/systemd1 {
 
       <para><function>StartUnitWithFlags()</function> is similar to <function>StartUnit()</function> but
       allows the caller to pass an extra <varname>flags</varname> parameter, which does not support any
-      flags for now, and is reserved for future extensions. The new method also changes the behaviour
-      of the <varname>JobRemoved</varname> signal and make it return <literal>skipped</literal> in case
-      the unit activation job is skipped because a <varname>Condition*=</varname> is not satisfied.
-      With the <varname>StartUnit</varname> method, <literal>done</literal> would be returned instead.</para>
+      flags for now, and is reserved for future extensions.</para>
 
       <para><function>StopUnit()</function> is similar to <function>StartUnit()</function> but stops the
       specified unit rather than starting it. Note that the <literal>isolate</literal> mode is invalid for this
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-unit.c b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
index 1e01241676..6542d50330 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-unit.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-unit.c
@@ -417,10 +417,6 @@ int bus_unit_method_start_generic(
                         return sd_bus_reply_method_errorf(message, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS,
                                                           "Invalid 'flags' parameter '%" PRIu64 "'",
                                                           input_flags);
-
-                /* The new method unconditionally uses the new behaviour of returning 'skip' when
-                 * a job is skipped. */
-                job_flags |= BUS_UNIT_QUEUE_RETURN_SKIP_ON_CONDITION_FAIL;
         }
 
         r = bus_verify_manage_units_async_full(
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-unit.h b/src/core/dbus-unit.h
index ccb379cee5..ab7787ce46 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-unit.h
+++ b/src/core/dbus-unit.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int bus_unit_method_thaw(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *
 typedef enum BusUnitQueueFlags {
         BUS_UNIT_QUEUE_RELOAD_IF_POSSIBLE            = 1 << 0,
         BUS_UNIT_QUEUE_VERBOSE_REPLY                 = 1 << 1,
-        BUS_UNIT_QUEUE_RETURN_SKIP_ON_CONDITION_FAIL = 1 << 2,
+        BUS_UNIT_QUEUE_RETURN_SKIP_ON_CONDITION_FAIL = 1 << 2, // FIXME: currently not used, will be changed soon
 } BusUnitQueueFlags;
 
 int bus_unit_queue_job_one(