Why does systemd start rngd twice for each boot

Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost systemd[1]: Started Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon.
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: Disabling 7: PKCS11 Entropy generator (pkcs11)
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: Disabling 5: NIST Network Entropy Beacon (nist)
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: Disabling 9: Qrypt quantum entropy beacon (qrypt)
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: Initializing available sources
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: [hwrng ]: Initialization Failed
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: [rdrand]: Initialization Failed
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: [jitter]: JITTER timeout set to 5 sec
Jul 30 16:41:29 localhost rngd[478]: [jitter]: Initializing AES buffer
Jul 30 16:41:31 localhost systemd[1]: Stopping Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon…
Jul 30 16:41:31 localhost systemd[1]: rngd.service: Succeeded.
Jul 30 16:41:31 localhost systemd[1]: Stopped Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon.
Jul 30 16:41:38 fma-6700-ga-ova systemd[1]: Started Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon.
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: Disabling 7: PKCS11 Entropy generator (pkcs11)
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: Disabling 5: NIST Network Entropy Beacon (nist)
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: Disabling 9: Qrypt quantum entropy beacon (qrypt)
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: Initializing available sources
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [hwrng ]: Initialization Failed
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [rdrand]: Initialization Failed
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [jitter]: JITTER timeout set to 15 sec
Jul 30 16:41:39 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [jitter]: Initializing AES buffer
Jul 30 16:41:44 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [jitter]: Enabling JITTER rng support
Jul 30 16:41:44 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: [jitter]: Initialized
Jul 30 16:41:44 fma-6700-ga-ova rngd[836]: Process privileges have been dropped to 2:2

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