diff --git a/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-daily.service.mustache b/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-daily.service.mustache
index a7e82b923e..6f07255b8a 100644
--- a/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-daily.service.mustache
+++ b/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-daily.service.mustache
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Group=scylla
 ExecStart=/usr/lib/scylla/scylla-housekeeping --uuid-file /var/lib/scylla-housekeeping/housekeeping.uuid -q -c /etc/scylla.d/housekeeping.cfg --repo-files '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/scylla*.list' version --mode d
 {{/debian}}
 {{#redhat}}
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/scylla/scylla-housekeeping --uuid-file /var/lib/scylla-housekeeping/housekeeping.uuid -q -c /etc/scylla.d/housekeeping.cfg --repo-files @@REPOFILES@@ version --mode d
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/scylla/scylla-housekeeping --uuid-file /var/lib/scylla-housekeeping/housekeeping.uuid -q -c /etc/scylla.d/housekeeping.cfg --repo-files '/etc/yum.repos.d/scylla*.repo' version --mode d
 {{/redhat}}
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-restart.service.mustache b/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-restart.service.mustache
index 155b58b7e9..ff5054951d 100644
--- a/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-restart.service.mustache
+++ b/dist/common/systemd/scylla-housekeeping-restart.service.mustache
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 User=scylla
 Group=scylla
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/scylla/scylla-housekeeping --uuid-file /var/lib/scylla-housekeeping/housekeeping.uuid -q -c /etc/scylla.d/housekeeping.cfg --repo-files @@REPOFILES@@ version --mode r
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/scylla/scylla-housekeeping --uuid-file /var/lib/scylla-housekeeping/housekeeping.uuid -q -c /etc/scylla.d/housekeeping.cfg --repo-files '/etc/yum.repos.d/scylla*.repo' version --mode r
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target