diff --git a/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch b/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 37c6527d5e..0000000000
--- a/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 0a202ff280f044860f6027c35df096435e511604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andrei Gherzan <andrei@balena.io>
-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:39:56 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] core: Don't redirect stdio to null when running in container
-
-Upstream-status: Rejected [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/8220]
-Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei@balena.io>
-
----
- src/core/main.c | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
-index c24b696b16..b076d83fd0 100644
---- a/src/core/main.c
-+++ b/src/core/main.c
-@@ -2534,7 +2534,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-                  * they never log into the console. */
-                 log_show_color(colors_enabled());
- 
--                r = make_null_stdio();
-+                if (detect_container() <= 0)
-+                        r = make_null_stdio();
-                 if (r < 0)
-                         log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to redirect standard streams to /dev/null, ignoring: %m");
-         }
diff --git a/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index a69fa53c5e..278040955d 100644
--- a/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-balena-dunfell/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := ":${THISDIR}/${PN}"
-
-SRC_URI_append = " \
-	file://0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch \
-	"
-
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "nss-resolve"
 
 do_install_append() {
diff --git a/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch b/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a84c3bfbbe..0000000000
--- a/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 5e06792ded468da3ca54e97040548d64fb4a32d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andrei Gherzan <andrei@balena.io>
-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:18:57 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] core: Don't redirect stdio to null when running in container
-
-Upstream-status: Rejected [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/8220]
-Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei@balena.io>
----
- src/core/main.c | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
-index b32a19a1d8..072f803e03 100644
---- a/src/core/main.c
-+++ b/src/core/main.c
-@@ -2745,7 +2745,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-                  * they never log into the console. */
-                 log_show_color(colors_enabled());
- 
--                r = make_null_stdio();
-+                if (detect_container() <= 0)
-+                        r = make_null_stdio();
-                 if (r < 0)
-                         log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to redirect standard streams to /dev/null, ignoring: %m");
- 
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 25aa5e3254..e6fcb7204a 100644
--- a/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-balena-honister/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS:append := ":${THISDIR}/${PN}"
-
-SRC_URI:append = " \
-	file://0001-core-Don-t-redirect-stdio-to-null-when-running-in-co.patch \
-	"
-
 PACKAGECONFIG:remove = "nss-resolve"
 
 do_install:append() {