diff --git a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
index 9ec5202..bfde8c8 100755
--- a/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
+++ b/debian/qubes-core-agent.postinst
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ case "${1}" in
 
         # remove old symlinks
         if [ -L /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/qubes-random-seed.service ]; then
-            systemctl --no-reload disable qubes-random-seed.service >/dev/null
+            rm /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/qubes-random-seed.service
         fi
         if [ -L /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qubes-mount-home.service ]; then
-            systemctl --no-reload disable qubes-mount-home.service >/dev/null
+            rm /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qubes-mount-home.service
         fi
 
         if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates >/dev/null 2>&1; then
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
index dba133c..88929c0 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-vm.spec
@@ -635,10 +635,10 @@ done
 
 # remove old symlinks
 if [ -L /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/qubes-random-seed.service ]; then
-    systemctl --no-reload disable qubes-random-seed.service >/dev/null
+    rm /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/qubes-random-seed.service
 fi
 if [ -L /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qubes-mount-home.service ]; then
-    systemctl --no-reload disable qubes-mount-home.service >/dev/null
+    rm /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qubes-mount-home.service
 fi
 
 /bin/systemctl daemon-reload