diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 90860456d..36ef704c7 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ endef
 
 define SYSTEMD_SANITIZE_PATH_IN_UNITS
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/systemd/system -name '*.service' \
-		-exec $(SED) -e 's,$(HOST_DIR),,g' {} \;
+		-exec $(SED) 's,$(HOST_DIR),,g' {} \;
 endef
 
 SYSTEMD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += \