diff --git a/units/system-update.target b/units/system-update.target
index 3542879706..b95639a876 100644
--- a/units/system-update.target
+++ b/units/system-update.target
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ Description=Offline System Update
 Documentation=man:systemd.offline-updates(7)
 Documentation=man:systemd.special(7) man:systemd-system-update-generator(8)
 Requires=sysinit.target
-Conflicts=shutdown.target
 After=sysinit.target
-Before=shutdown.target
 AllowIsolate=yes
 Wants=system-update-cleanup.service