diff --git a/extra-repos/systemd/systemd/APKBUILD b/extra-repos/systemd/systemd/APKBUILD
index a6436f050..246dec802 100644
--- a/extra-repos/systemd/systemd/APKBUILD
+++ b/extra-repos/systemd/systemd/APKBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 pkgname=systemd
 pkgver=257.5
 _pkgver="musl-v${pkgver//_/-}-split-usr"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="System and service manager"
 url="https://github.com/systemd/systemd"
 arch="all !ppc64le !s390x" # blocked by pmboostrap not supporting
@@ -75,22 +75,10 @@ makedepends="
 	util-linux-dev
 	xz-dev
 	zstd-dev
-	"
 
-# We add these as explicit dependencies to ensure we get the systemd variants
-# and not the Alpine ones.
-if [ -z "$BOOTSTRAP" ] || [ "$BOOTSTRAP" -gt 2 ]; then
-	makedepends="$makedepends
-		dbus-dev
-		polkit-dev
+	dbus-dev
+	polkit-dev
 	"
-else
-	makedepends="$makedepends
-		linux-pam-dev>1.0
-		dbus-dev<999
-		polkit-dev<999
-	"
-fi
 
 # provides=openrc and openrc-settingsd to prevent those packages
 # getting pulled in, as there are some conflicts (dbus)