From man systemctl:
##ENVIRONMENT ... ###
$SYSTEMD_PAGERPager to use when--no-pageris not given; overrides$PAGER. Setting this to an empty string or the value "cat" is equivalent to passing--no-pager. ###$SYSTEMD_LESSOverride the default options passed to less ("FRSXMK").
ENVIRONMENT
...
$SYSTEMD_PAGER
Pager to use when --no-pager is not given; overrides $PAGER.
Setting this to an empty string or the value "cat" is equivalent to
passing --no-pager.
$SYSTEMD_LESS
Override the default options passed to less ("FRSXMK").
So, somewhere in your environment initialization, set:
SYSTEMD_PAGER=