diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.service b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a5022f93..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=ACPI Event Daemon
-Requires=acpid.socket
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/acpid -f
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Also=acpid.socket
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.socket b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.socket
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e5365bf1e..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/acpid.socket
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=ACPID Listen Socket
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=/run/acpid.socket
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/template b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
index 73ad0eb4fa..1f9b127d26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'acpid'
 pkgname=acpid
 version=2.0.23
-revision=14
+revision=15
 build_pie=yes
-build_options="systemd"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
 conf_files="/etc/acpi/events/anything /etc/acpi/handler.sh"
@@ -15,10 +14,6 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/acpid2/acpid-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=4396aaec13510c3a1faa941a15a4b5335b6ae4fbec8438b9249b88c3b66187ee
 
 post_install() {
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/acpid.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/acpid.socket 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/handler.sh 755 etc/acpi
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/anything 644 etc/acpi/events
 	vsv acpid