diff --git a/presets/90-systemd.preset b/presets/90-systemd.preset
index 11960e5423..4009cbb96e 100644
--- a/presets/90-systemd.preset
+++ b/presets/90-systemd.preset
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 #  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
-# These ones should be enabled by default, even if distributions
-# generally follow a default-off policy.
+# Settings for systemd units distributed with systemd itself. Most of these
+# should be enabled by default, even if the distribution follows a general
+# default-off policy.
 
 enable remote-fs.target
 enable remote-cryptsetup.target
@@ -34,3 +35,18 @@ disable syslog.socket
 disable systemd-journal-gatewayd.*
 disable systemd-journal-remote.*
 disable systemd-journal-upload.*
+
+# Passive targets: always off by default, since they should only be pulled in
+# by dependent units.
+
+disable cryptsetup-pre.target
+disable getty-pre.target
+disable local-fs-pre.target
+disable network.target
+disable network-pre.target
+disable nss-lookup.target
+disable nss-user-lookup.target
+disable remote-fs-pre.target
+disable rpcbind.target
+disable time-set.target
+disable time-sync.target
diff --git a/presets/user/90-systemd.preset b/presets/user/90-systemd.preset
index 22fe41fc33..fd402c8c11 100644
--- a/presets/user/90-systemd.preset
+++ b/presets/user/90-systemd.preset
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 #  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
-# These ones should be enabled by default, even if distributions
-# generally follow a default-off policy.
+# Settings for systemd units distributed with systemd itself. These should be
+# enabled by default, even if the distribution follows a general default-off
+# policy.
 
 enable systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
 enable systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
+
+# Passive targets: always off by default, since they should only be pulled in
+# by dependent units.
+
+disable graphical-session-pre.target
+disable graphical-session.target