diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 9d38adcab..361094335 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 pkgbase=systemd
 pkgname=('systemd' 'systemd-libs' 'systemd-resolvconf' 'systemd-sysvcompat')
 # Can be from either systemd or systemd-stable
-_commit='fab6f010ac6c3bc93a10868de722d7c8c3622eb9'
-pkgver=243.51
+_commit='ef677436aa203c24816021dd698b57f219f0ff64'
+pkgver=243.78
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd'
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ check() {
 package_systemd() {
   pkgdesc='system and service manager'
   license=('GPL2' 'LGPL2.1')
-  groups=('base-devel')
   depends=('acl' 'bash' 'cryptsetup' 'dbus' 'iptables' 'kbd' 'kmod' 'hwids' 'libcap'
            'libgcrypt' 'systemd-libs' 'libidn2' 'libidn2.so' 'lz4' 'pam' 'libelf'
            'libseccomp' 'util-linux' 'xz' 'pcre2' 'audit')
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@ package_systemd-resolvconf() {
 package_systemd-sysvcompat() {
   pkgdesc='sysvinit compat for systemd'
   license=('GPL2')
-  groups=('base')
   conflicts=('sysvinit')
   depends=('systemd')