Am 18.05.20 um 16:13 schrieb Stephen Satchell: > I'm building a CentOS 8.1 system on a Protectly four-port appliance, to > be my new firewall. To avoid problems, I'm trying to remove IPTABLES > completely from the system so there is no chance of interference between > the two firewalls. > > Problem: systemd requires iptables-lib. > > 1. Why? > 2. How to keep systemd from requiring iptables-lib? you are trying to solve a non-existing problem the linked userland libraries have nothing to to with active iptables / nftables in the kernel and rebuilding systemd just to avoid loading a userkand library is pointless