--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ if enable_systemd or enable_consolekit
 
   # Check for systemd
   if enable_systemd
-    systemd_dep = dependency('systemd', version: '>= 242', required: true)
-    systemd_userunitdir = systemd_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir',
-                                                             define_variable: ['prefix', prefix])
-
+    systemd_userunitdir = '/tmp'
     libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', version: '>= 209', required: false)
     session_bin_deps += libsystemd_dep