diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-shell-extra.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-shell-extra.conf.in
index 8ebe83dd69..02f1ef5802 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-shell-extra.conf.in
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-shell-extra.conf.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 # See tmpfiles.d(5) for details
 
 {% if LINK_SHELL_EXTRA_DROPIN %}
-L {{SHELLPROFILEDIR}}/70-systemd-shell-extra.sh - - - - {{LIBEXECDIR}}/profile.d/70-systemd-shell-extra.sh
+L$ {{SHELLPROFILEDIR}}/70-systemd-shell-extra.sh - - - - {{LIBEXECDIR}}/profile.d/70-systemd-shell-extra.sh
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-ssh-generator.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-ssh-generator.conf.in
index dbe354a2d2..8c9d3af1c3 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-ssh-generator.conf.in
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/20-systemd-ssh-generator.conf.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # See tmpfiles.d(5) for details
 
 {% if LINK_SSH_PROXY_DROPIN %}
-L {{SSHCONFDIR}}/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf - - - - {{LIBEXECDIR}}/ssh_config.d/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf
+L$ {{SSHCONFDIR}}/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf - - - - {{LIBEXECDIR}}/ssh_config.d/20-systemd-ssh-proxy.conf
 {% endif %}
 {% if CREATE_SSHDPRIVSEPDIR %}
 d {{SSHDPRIVSEPDIR}} 0755
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
index 4f2c0d7c43..ec2f7aea72 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/legacy.conf.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 d /run/lock 0755 root root -
 L /var/lock - - - - ../run/lock
 {% if CREATE_LOG_DIRS %}
-L /var/log/README - - - - ../..{{DOC_DIR}}/README.logs
+L$ /var/log/README - - - - ../..{{DOC_DIR}}/README.logs
 {% endif %}
 
 # /run/lock/subsys is used for serializing SysV service execution, and
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-network.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-network.conf
index 323beca59c..5898e88de5 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-network.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-network.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # See tmpfiles.d(5) for details
 
-d /run/systemd/netif        0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
-d /run/systemd/netif/links  0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
-d /run/systemd/netif/leases 0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
-d /var/lib/systemd/network  0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
+d$ /run/systemd/netif        0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
+d$ /run/systemd/netif/links  0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
+d$ /run/systemd/netif/leases 0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
+d$ /var/lib/systemd/network  0755 systemd-network systemd-network -
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf
index 78bd1c670e..6549ea4101 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Q /var/lib/machines 0700 - - -
 # systemd-nspawn --ephemeral places snapshots) we are more strict, to
 # avoid removing unrelated temporary files.
 
-R! /var/lib/machines/.#*
-R! /.#machine.*
+R!$ /var/lib/machines/.#*
+R!$ /.#machine.*
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-tmp.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-tmp.conf
index d47d468fba..093830586c 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-tmp.conf
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-tmp.conf
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ x /var/tmp/systemd-private-%b-*
 X /var/tmp/systemd-private-%b-*/tmp
 
 # Remove top-level private temporary directories on each boot
-R! /tmp/systemd-private-*
-R! /var/tmp/systemd-private-*
+R!$ /tmp/systemd-private-*
+R!$ /var/tmp/systemd-private-*
 
 # Handle lost systemd-coredump temp files. They could be lost on old filesystems,
 # for example, after hard reboot.
 x  /var/lib/systemd/coredump/.#core*.%b*
-r! /var/lib/systemd/coredump/.#*
+r!$ /var/lib/systemd/coredump/.#*
diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf.in b/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf.in
index 815fb2dd40..dac2e5bbc4 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf.in
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf.in
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ f+! /run/utmp 0664 root utmp -
 {% endif %}
 
 d /run/systemd/ask-password 0755 root root -
-d /run/systemd/seats 0755 root root -
-d /run/systemd/sessions 0755 root root -
-d /run/systemd/users 0755 root root -
+d$ /run/systemd/seats 0755 root root -
+d$ /run/systemd/sessions 0755 root root -
+d$ /run/systemd/users 0755 root root -
 d /run/systemd/machines 0755 root root -
-d /run/systemd/shutdown 0755 root root -
+d$ /run/systemd/shutdown 0755 root root -
 
 d /run/log 0755 root root -