diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ee3791a3ae..e6804900a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_CONFIG_UNIT_DIR',                     join_paths(pkgsysc
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_DATA_UNIT_PATH',                      systemunitdir)
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_SYSVINIT_PATH',                       sysvinit_path)
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_SYSVRCND_PATH',                       sysvrcnd_path)
-conf.set_quoted('RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START',                 get_option('rc-local'))
+conf.set_quoted('RC_LOCAL_PATH',                              get_option('rc-local'))
 
 conf.set('ANSI_OK_COLOR',                                     'ANSI_' + get_option('ok-color').underscorify().to_upper())
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ substs.set('CERTIFICATEROOT',                                 get_option('certif
 substs.set('RANDOM_SEED',                                     join_paths(randomseeddir, 'random-seed'))
 substs.set('SYSTEM_SYSVINIT_PATH',                            sysvinit_path)
 substs.set('SYSTEM_SYSVRCND_PATH',                            sysvrcnd_path)
-substs.set('RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START',                      get_option('rc-local'))
+substs.set('RC_LOCAL_PATH',                                   get_option('rc-local'))
 substs.set('MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT',                       memory_accounting_default ? 'yes' : 'no')
 substs.set('STATUS_UNIT_FORMAT_DEFAULT',                      status_unit_format_default)
 substs.set('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE',                              conf.get('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE'))
diff --git a/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c b/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
index 908e6272a8..75bb875b79 100644
--- a/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
+++ b/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int run(const char *dest, const char *dest_early, const char *dest_late)
 
         assert_se(arg_dest = dest);
 
-        if (check_executable(RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START) >= 0) {
+        if (check_executable(RC_LOCAL_PATH) >= 0) {
                 log_debug("Automatically adding rc-local.service.");
 
                 r = add_symlink("rc-local.service", "multi-user.target");
diff --git a/units/rc-local.service.in b/units/rc-local.service.in
index 78ce69e0ae..d4aaaf09d4 100644
--- a/units/rc-local.service.in
+++ b/units/rc-local.service.in
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 # This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by
-# systemd-rc-local-generator if @RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ is executable.
+# systemd-rc-local-generator if @RC_LOCAL_PATH@ is executable.
 [Unit]
-Description=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ Compatibility
+Description=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@ Compatibility
 Documentation=man:systemd-rc-local-generator(8)
-ConditionFileIsExecutable=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ start
+ExecStart=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@ start
 TimeoutSec=0
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 GuessMainPID=no