diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-legacy.conf.in-Don-t-create-symlink-README-in-this-f.patch b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-legacy.conf.in-Don-t-create-symlink-README-in-this-f.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2644bba8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/0001-legacy.conf.in-Don-t-create-symlink-README-in-this-f.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From b17826490c1db2051dda23550ebdcd7f10e23479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:49:41 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] legacy.conf.in: Don't create symlink README in this file
+
+Commit 6fe23ff31c0 changed README to an symlink to README.logs, and
+install README.logs under systemd doc dir.
+
+But for OE, systemd doc dir is splited into package systemd-doc, when it
+is not installed on the target, there will be an dead link:
+Eg:
+root@intel-x86-64:/var/log# ls -l README
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jun 20 08:57 README -> ../../usr/share/doc/systemd/README.logs
+root@intel-x86-64:/var/log# ls -l ../../usr/share/doc/systemd/README.logs
+ls: cannot access '../../usr/share/doc/systemd/README.logs': No such file or directory
+
+So remove this symlink from package systemd
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
+---
+ tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in | 3 ---
+ 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
+index 4f2c0d7c43..62e2ae0986 100644
+--- a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
++++ b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
+@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
+ 
+ d /run/lock 0755 root root -
+ L /var/lock - - - - ../run/lock
+-{% if CREATE_LOG_DIRS %}
+-L /var/log/README - - - - ../..{{DOC_DIR}}/README.logs
+-{% endif %}
+ 
+ # /run/lock/subsys is used for serializing SysV service execution, and
+ # hence without use on SysV-less systems.
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
index f306765168..59a0ab757f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \
            file://0002-binfmt-Don-t-install-dependency-links-at-install-tim.patch \
            file://0008-implment-systemd-sysv-install-for-OE.patch \
            file://0004-Move-sysusers.d-sysctl.d-binfmt.d-modules-load.d-to-.patch \
+           file://0001-legacy.conf.in-Don-t-create-symlink-README-in-this-f.patch \
            "
 
 # patches needed by musl