diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf b/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nspawn.conf
index 6549ea41018..78bd1c670e0 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 093830586c1..d47d468fba8 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/.#*