diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-populate-var.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-populate-var.sh
index 01212db7d5..6f4e151c92 100755
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-populate-var.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-populate-var.sh
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ for varsubdir in lib log home roothome opt srv usrlocal mnt media; do
         mkdir -p /sysroot/var/${varsubdir}
     else
         systemd-tmpfiles --create --boot --root=/sysroot --prefix="/var/${varsubdir}"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ $varsubdir == roothome ]]; then
-        # TODO move this to tmpfiles.d once systemd-tmpfiles handles C! with --root correctly.
-        # See https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/137
-        cp /sysroot/etc/skel/.bash* /sysroot/var/${varsubdir}
-    fi
+    fi  
 
     coreos-relabel "/var/${varsubdir}"
 done
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/root-bash.conf b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/root-bash.conf
index d5a2d870c2..d59075ba29 100644
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/root-bash.conf
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/root-bash.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# This really should be C! instead of L, but https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/12467 prevents that.
-# TODO: switch to C! when https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12750 makes it into fcos
-L	/var/roothome/.bashrc	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bashrc
-L	/var/roothome/.bash_profile	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bash_profile
-L	/var/roothome/.bash_logout	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bash_logout
+# Use C! according to https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/137/files#diff-4c7caeddac3f43acdf59b41ffa4e3533bb846d2e3bfa31f885a65e9598a2c4a1R1-R2
+C!	/var/roothome/.bashrc	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bashrc
+C!	/var/roothome/.bash_profile	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bash_profile
+C!	/var/roothome/.bash_logout	-	-	-	-	/usr/etc/skel/.bash_logout