diff --git a/meta-ohos-core/conf/distro/allscenarios-linux.conf b/meta-ohos-core/conf/distro/allscenarios-linux.conf
index 930b673b871bbd9541460e40087e34472161e482..fa22256c35aee68b28e5789ed5c16bf224a54dfa 100644
--- a/meta-ohos-core/conf/distro/allscenarios-linux.conf
+++ b/meta-ohos-core/conf/distro/allscenarios-linux.conf
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ ENABLE_UART ?= "1"
 
 # We have no use for dlt-daemon as we use systemd for logging
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_pn-mosquitto = "dlt"
+
+# We use NetworkManager as the default network manager (included in our
+# reference images).
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove_pn-systemd = "networkd"