diff --git a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
index 7aa21ff999..1c64017aaa 100755
--- a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ EOF
     ) || return 1
     setup_nspawn_root
 
-    # mask some services that we do not want to run in these tests
-    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-hwdb-update.service
-    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
-    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service
-    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.socket
-    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service
-
     ddebug "umount $TESTDIR/root"
     umount $TESTDIR/root
 }