diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index f18da8293..e9a7daaba 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -4232,11 +4232,6 @@ static int enable_unit(DBusConnection *bus, char **args) {
         if (!args[1])
                 return 0;
 
-        /* If the operation was fully executed by the SysV compat,
-         * let's finish early */
-        if (strv_isempty(mangled_names))
-                return 0;
-
         if (!bus || avoid_bus()) {
                 if (streq(verb, "enable")) {
                         r = unit_file_enable(arg_scope, arg_runtime, arg_root, args+1, arg_force, &changes, &n_changes);