diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/units/setup-oem.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/units/setup-oem.service
index 5fc5b436b5a..ac7aafedb31 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/units/setup-oem.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/units/setup-oem.service
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Setup OEM
 Before=oem-gce-enable-oslogin.service
+DefaultDependencies=false
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
@@ -8,4 +9,4 @@ RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=-/usr/bin/ln --symbolic --force /usr/share/gce/hosts /etc/hosts
 ExecStart=-/usr/bin/ln --symbolic /usr/share/gce/google-cloud-sdk.sh /etc/profile.d/google-cloud-sdk.sh
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+WantedBy=sysinit.target