diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.service b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 47fdd714e59..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=IRQ Balancer daemon
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/irqbalance --foreground
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
index a455f5a6a4e..066565e3f01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'irqbalance'
 pkgname=irqbalance
 version=1.0.9
-revision=2
-build_options="systemd"
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libcap-ng-devel libnuma-devel"
@@ -19,7 +18,4 @@ pre_configure() {
 }
 post_install() {
 	vsv ${pkgname}
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
 }