diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
index 92cd0de8b312..3e972f672cc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--without-powerman" # Until we have it ...
       "--without-cgi"
       "--without-hal"
-      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/systemd"
+      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
       "--with-udev-dir=$(out)/etc/udev"
     ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
index 2101f99bbb90..11ad2014663a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ let
       "--localstatedir=/var"
       "--sysconfdir=/etc"
       "--with-session-socket-dir=/tmp"
-      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/lib/systemd"
+      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
     ];
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
index 90272d8f0959..6c9b743fe177 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--localstatedir=/var"
-    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/systemd"
+    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
     "--with-udevdir=$(out)/lib/udev"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
index 525c3ba9f2c4..a744adbe05c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-udevrulesdir=$out/lib/udev/rules.d --with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/udev/rules.d --disable-bash-completion";
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-udevrulesdir=$out/lib/udev/rules.d"
+    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
+    "--disable-bash-completion"
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ glib polkit pkgconfig intltool gusb libusb1 lcms2 sqlite systemd dbus gobjectIntrospection
                   bashCompletion ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/system-config-printer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/system-config-printer/default.nix
index b0da497c322e..51cb1d22a49e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/system-config-printer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/system-config-printer/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags =
     [ "--with-udev-rules"
-      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/systemd"
+      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
     ];
 
   postInstall =
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/pcsclite/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/pcsclite/default.nix
index 18fa10451536..3cf8c8157dbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/pcsclite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/pcsclite/default.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # The OS should care on preparing the drivers into this location
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-usbdropdir=/var/lib/pcsc/drivers"
-    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system" # probably
+    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
+    "--enable-confdir=$(out)/etc"
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlags="$configureFlags --enable-confdir=$out/etc"
-  '';
-
   buildInputs = [ udev dbus_libs perl ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];