diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld-post b/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld-post
deleted file mode 100644
index 50ea5da49a..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld-post
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-while true; do
-	response=`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -uUNKNOWN_USER ping 2>&1` && break
-	echo "$response" | grep -q "mysqld is alive" && break
-	sleep 1
-done
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.service b/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 3468ce54c0..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=MySQL Server
-After=syslog.target
-
-[Service]
-User=mysql
-Group=mysql
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld --user=mysql --pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/mysqld-post
-Restart=always
-PrivateTmp=yes
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.tmpfilesd b/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.tmpfilesd
deleted file mode 100644
index 6883dc7988..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mysql/files/mysqld.tmpfilesd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d /run/mysqld 0755 mysql mysql -
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mysql/template b/srcpkgs/mysql/template
index 96c4372b11..3482506ae4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mysql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mysql/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mysql'
 pkgname=mysql
-version=5.6.24
-revision=2
+version=5.6.25
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DSYSCONFDIR=/etc/mysql -DMYSQL_DATADIR=/var/lib/mysql
  -DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock -DDEFAULT_CHARSET=utf8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://www.mysql.com/products/community/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://downloads.skysql.com/archives/mysql-${version%.*}/mysql-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=37e27305b67d76883c5902dce59c89d596beee9dca7dbadd4a2e117f8101dfeb
+checksum=15079c0b83d33a092649cbdf402c9225bcd3f33e87388407be5cdbf1432c7fbd
 
 CFLAGS="-D__STDC_ISO_10646__"
 
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ post_install() {
 	# Configuration file.
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/my.cnf 640 etc/mysql
 
-	# systemd service.
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/mysqld.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/mysqld-post 755 usr/bin
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/mysqld.tmpfilesd 644 usr/lib/tmpfiles.d mysqld.conf
-	fi
 	# runit service
 	vsv mysqld
 }