diff --git a/systemd.be0 b/systemd.be0
index 6ec328910..791e5c9ee 100755
--- a/systemd.be0
+++ b/systemd.be0
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION systemd-239-2
+# BEE_VERSION systemd-242-1
 
 ## this file was created by bee init and should be executed to build a
 ## bee-package. (Additional hints are located at the end of this file.)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/v${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz"
 ## Add URLs/pathes to patch files to the PATCHURL array.
 ## The sources will be patched in the order of the array.
 
-# PATCHURL+=()
+PATCHURL+=(/src/mariux/patches/systemd-v242-0001-Prevent-loop-when-stopping-datagram-socket-units.patch)
 
 BEE_BUILDTYPE=meson
 
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ mee_configure() {
         -Dsplit-usr=true \
         -Dsysusers=false \
         -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false \
-        -Db_lto=false
+        -Db_lto=false \
+        -Dbump-proc-sys-fs-file-max=false \
+        -Dbump-proc-sys-fs-nr-open=false
 }
 
 #mee_build() {
@@ -93,17 +95,14 @@ mee_install_post() {
     # Remove systemd’s sysctl configuration
     rm -rv ${D}/${LIBDIR}/sysctl.d/*
 
-    # Disable systemd-networkd
-    rm -rv ${D}/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket
-    rm -rv ${D}/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service
-    rm -rv ${D}/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service
-    rm -rv ${D}/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
-
     # Remove directory to disable persistent storage of logs
     rm -rv ${D}/var/log/journal
 
     # Explicitly configure volatile storage of logs
     start_cmd sed -i 's/^#Storage=auto/Storage=volatile/' ${D}/etc/systemd/journald.conf
+
+    # Restore historical RLIMIT_NOFILE resource limit
+    echo "DefaultLimitNOFILE=1024:4096" >> ${D}/etc/systemd/system.conf
 }
 
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