diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index fbe0ebdf..1b971cd7 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -966,18 +966,16 @@ tar -cO \
 # installation images uses a hardcoded list of packages with a %%pre that needs
 # to be run during the build and complains if it can't find one.
 %pre
-%if %{without filetriggers}
 if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
         # We keep these just in case we're upgrading from an old version that
-        # was missing these units. During package installation, these macros are
-        # NOPs for systemd anyways (the branding preset package takes care of
-        # applying the presets in its %%posttrans in this case).
+        # was missing one of these units. During package installation, these
+        # macros are NOPs for the main package (the branding preset package
+        # takes care of applying the presets in its %%posttrans in this case).
         %systemd_pre remote-fs.target
         %systemd_pre getty@.service
         %systemd_pre systemd-timesyncd.service
         %systemd_pre systemd-journald-audit.socket
 fi
-%endif
 
 %post
 # Make /etc/machine-id an empty file during package installation. On the first
@@ -1031,6 +1029,7 @@ fi
 systemd-sysusers || :
 systemd-tmpfiles --create || :
 journalctl --update-catalog || :
+%endif
 
 if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
         # See comments for %%systemd_pre in %%pre.
@@ -1039,7 +1038,6 @@ if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
         %systemd_post systemd-timesyncd.service
         %systemd_post systemd-journald-audit.socket
 fi
-%endif
 
 # v228 wrongly set world writable suid root permissions on timestamp files used
 # by permanent timers. Fix the timestamps that might have been created by the