diff --git a/scripts/common.mk b/scripts/common.mk
index 406b14a..bd2235a 100644
--- a/scripts/common.mk
+++ b/scripts/common.mk
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ build/$(PROJECT_NAME).tar.gz build/$(PROJECT_NAME).bu build/$(PROJECT_NAME)-exam
 		$(SCRIPTS_DIR)/generate-tarball.sh build/$(PROJECT_NAME).tar.gz; \
 		(cat $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/butane.blocklist; echo; for file in $$(find "$$TARGET_CHROOT"); do echo "$${file#$$TARGET_CHROOT}"; done) | sort -u | grep -v -E '^$$' > "$(BUTANE_BLOCKLIST)"; \
 		run make install-examples; \
+		export SYSTEMD_ENABLE_UNITS="" SYSTEMD_START_UNITS=""; \
 		EXAMPLES_YQ_FILES="$$(if [ -f "overlay-examples.bu" ]; then echo "- overlay-examples.bu"; else echo "-"; fi)"; \
 		echo "generate-butane-spec.sh build/$(PROJECT_NAME)-examples.bu"; \
 		$(SCRIPTS_DIR)/generate-butane-spec.sh | yq eval-all '. as $$item ireduce ({}; . *+ $$item)' $$EXAMPLES_YQ_FILES > build/$(PROJECT_NAME)-examples.bu; \
diff --git a/scripts/generate-butane-spec.sh b/scripts/generate-butane-spec.sh
index a6e99ce..b0f9fbf 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-butane-spec.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-butane-spec.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # - BUTANE_BLOCKLIST: the path to a file containing a list of files and directories (one per line) to ignore
 #                     (i.e., files and directories that are already part of the CoreOS default installation
 #                     or belonging to another package).
-# - SYSTEMD_MAIN_UNIT_NAMES: the list of systemd main unit names to enable.
+# - SYSTEMD_ENABLE_UNITS: the list of systemd main unit names to enable.
 #
 # The path to of the generated butane file is $1, or stdout if $1 is not provided.
 #