diff --git a/mkosi/mkosi.extra.common/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset b/mkosi/mkosi.extra.common/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
index 5076886f50..e87172ad86 100644
--- a/mkosi/mkosi.extra.common/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
+++ b/mkosi/mkosi.extra.common/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ disable dnf-makecache.*
 # We have journald to receive audit data so let's make sure we're not running auditd as well
 disable auditd.service
 
-# systemd-timesyncd is not enabled by default in the default systemd preset so enable it here instead.
-enable systemd-timesyncd.service
+# systemd-timesyncd causes quite a bit of debug log noise so let's disable it by default.
+disable systemd-timesyncd.service
 
 # Enabled by default on OpenSUSE and not conditioned out in containers, so let's disable these here instead.
 disable iscsi.service