diff --git a/srcpkgs/hostapd/files/hostapd.service b/srcpkgs/hostapd/files/hostapd.service
deleted file mode 100644
index f278bf7931..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/hostapd/files/hostapd.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Hostapd IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=forking
-PIDFile=/run/hostapd.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf -P /run/hostapd.pid -B
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
index a0ed883540..ec5064c06a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hostapd/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'hostapd'
 pkgname=hostapd
 version=2.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_wrksrc=${pkgname}
-build_options="systemd"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libnl3-devel libressl-devel"
 short_desc="IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator"
@@ -22,10 +21,6 @@ do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/hostapd.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
-
 	vsv hostapd
 
 	vmkdir usr/bin