diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
index 6399c57640..549eb7fb29 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ do_install() {
 	fi
 
 	# Actively disable Predictable Network Interface Names
-	if ${@ 'true' if not bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pni-names', 'true', 'false', d) else 'false'}; then
+	if ! ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pni-names', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
 		sed -i 's/^NamePolicy=.*/NamePolicy=/;s/^AlternativeNamesPolicy=.*/AlternativeNamesPolicy=/' ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/systemd/network/99-default.link
 	fi
 }