diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index d48e0b0878..c0de6acb80 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -3465,9 +3465,9 @@ static void user_manager_send_ready(Manager *m) {
         if (!MANAGER_IS_USER(m) || m->ready_sent)
                 return;
 
-        r = sd_notifyf(false,
-                       "READY=1\n"
-                       "STATUS=Reached " SPECIAL_BASIC_TARGET ".");
+        r = sd_notify(false,
+                      "READY=1\n"
+                      "STATUS=Reached " SPECIAL_BASIC_TARGET ".");
         if (r < 0)
                 log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to send readiness notification, ignoring: %m");
 
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index 7dc9e06842..3727d90398 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -4245,7 +4245,7 @@ static int nspawn_dispatch_notify_fd(sd_event_source *source, int fd, uint32_t r
                 return log_oom();
 
         if (strv_find(tags, "READY=1")) {
-                r = sd_notifyf(false, "READY=1\n");
+                r = sd_notify(false, "READY=1\n");
                 if (r < 0)
                         log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to send readiness notification, ignoring: %m");
         }
diff --git a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
index f21c5c316b..918da195d8 100644
--- a/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
+++ b/src/timesync/timesyncd-manager.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ void manager_disconnect(Manager *m) {
 
         m->event_timeout = sd_event_source_unref(m->event_timeout);
 
-        sd_notifyf(false, "STATUS=Idle.");
+        sd_notify(false, "STATUS=Idle.");
 }
 
 void manager_flush_server_names(Manager  *m, ServerType t) {