Index: conf/distro/ely.conf
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diff -u -r5fd42022e653642650885cb5403d25f25ea1fe11 -rf2090269fe7042d2a705ce43a46da82c578c8707
--- conf/distro/ely.conf	(.../ely.conf)	(revision 5fd42022e653642650885cb5403d25f25ea1fe11)
+++ conf/distro/ely.conf	(.../ely.conf)	(revision f2090269fe7042d2a705ce43a46da82c578c8707)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED += "commercial"
 
 # Use systemd init manager by default
-INIT_MANAGER ?= "systemd"
+INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
 
 # Enable examples for some QT packages
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:class-target:pn-qtbase        = " examples"