diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index ec8c034b93..642a3df012 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -1826,13 +1826,9 @@ strip_binaries() {
 }
 
 create_rc_local() {
-    dinfo "Create rc.local"
-    mkdir -p "${initdir:?}/etc/rc.d"
-    cat >"$initdir/etc/rc.d/rc.local" <<EOF
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-exit 0
-EOF
-    chmod 0755 "$initdir/etc/rc.d/rc.local"
+    dinfo "Mask rc.local generator"
+    mkdir -p "${initdir:?}/etc/systemd/system-generators/"
+    ln -s /dev/null "$initdir/etc/systemd/system-generators/systemd-rc-local-generator"
 }
 
 install_execs() {