systemd v234 now adds the "-c" argument when unmounting: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v234/src/core/mount.c#L889 systemd v234 will exit with an error when unmounting a partition using busybox 1.27.x: https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/9599-8-1-0-beta-systemd-unmounts-fail-due-to-c-parameter-not-existing/ From Ubuntu 16.04 "man umount": -c, --no-canonicalize Do not canonicalize paths. For more details about this option see the mount(8) man page. Note that umount does not pass this option to the /sbin/umount.type helpers. util-linux also supports -c. At the very least busybox could just treat -c as a umount no-op? Thanks.