diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service b/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 78d0a492c4..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/nginx/files/nginx.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
-
-[Service]
-Type=forking
-PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
-ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;'
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;'
-ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid; daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload
-ExecStop=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'pid /run/nginx.pid;' -s quit
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/template b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
index 6651829c0c..3b69760013 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nginx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nginx'
 pkgname=nginx
 version=1.8.0
-revision=4
+revision=5
 makedepends="pcre-devel libressl-devel $(vopt_if geoip geoip-devel)"
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# fake configure run on host
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ homepage="http://nginx.org"
 distfiles="http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=23cca1239990c818d8f6da118320c4979aadf5386deda691b1b7c2c96b9df3d5
 
-build_options="systemd geoip"
+build_options="geoip"
 build_options_default="geoip"
 
 do_configure() {
@@ -90,8 +90,4 @@ do_install() {
 
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vsv nginx
-
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/nginx.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
 }