diff --git a/srcpkgs/distcc/files/distccd.service b/srcpkgs/distcc/files/distccd.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 1beb6542fd8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/distcc/files/distccd.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=A distributed C/C++ compiler
-Documentation=man:distccd(1)
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-User=nobody
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/distccd --no-detach --daemon --allow 127.0.0.1
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/distcc/template b/srcpkgs/distcc/template
index f0567b6249f..161195092bb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/distcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/distcc/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'distcc'
 pkgname=distcc
 version=3.2rc1
-revision=12
-build_options="systemd"
+revision=13
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-Werror --with-gtk"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -24,10 +23,6 @@ post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/distcc/commands.allow.sh
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/distcc/example
 
-	# systemd service
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/distccd.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
 	vsv distccd
 
 	# gcc wrappers