diff --git a/units/systemd-journald.service.in b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
index 1807d73c68..4684f095c0 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ IPAddressDeny=any
 LockPersonality=yes
 MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
 NoNewPrivileges=yes
-ProtectHostname=yes
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0
 RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_NETLINK
diff --git a/units/systemd-networkd.service.in b/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
index 5da0e1e330..472ef045de 100644
--- a/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
 NoNewPrivileges=yes
 ProtectControlGroups=yes
 ProtectHome=yes
-ProtectHostname=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ProtectSystem=strict
 Restart=on-failure
diff --git a/units/systemd-resolved.service.in b/units/systemd-resolved.service.in
index eac3f31012..3144b70063 100644
--- a/units/systemd-resolved.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-resolved.service.in
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ PrivateDevices=yes
 PrivateTmp=yes
 ProtectControlGroups=yes
 ProtectHome=yes
-ProtectHostname=yes
 ProtectKernelModules=yes
 ProtectKernelTunables=yes
 ProtectSystem=strict