diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 015f1227..acdab97d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DBUS], [], [dbus detected]),
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DBUS, test "x$dbus_enabled" != xno)
 
 if test "x$dbus_enabled" != xno;then
-dbus_services_dir=$($PKG_CONFIG dbus-1 --variable=system_bus_services_dir)
-AC_SUBST(DBUS_SERVICES_DIR, [$dbus_services_dir])
 dbus_conf_dir=$($PKG_CONFIG dbus-1 --variable=sysconfdir)
 AC_SUBST(DBUS_CONFIG_DIR, [$dbus_conf_dir/etc/dbus-1/system.d/])
 fi
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 035c74c6..f18befc4 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ ocpasswd.8: ../src/ocpasswd-args.def
 	rm -f "$<".tmp
 
 install-data-local:
-	-test -d "$(DBUS_SERVICES_DIR)" && $(INSTALL_DATA) dbus/org.infradead.ocserv.service $(DBUS_SERVICES_DIR)
 	-test -d "$(DBUS_CONFIG_DIR)" && $(INSTALL_DATA) dbus/org.infradead.ocserv.conf $(DBUS_CONFIG_DIR)
 	-test -d "/usr/lib/systemd/system/" && $(INSTALL_DATA) systemd/ocserv.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/
 	-test -d "/usr/lib/systemd/system/" && $(INSTALL_DATA) systemd/ocserv.socket /usr/lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/doc/dbus/org.infradead.ocserv.service b/doc/dbus/org.infradead.ocserv.service
deleted file mode 100644
index acf77a58..00000000
--- a/doc/dbus/org.infradead.ocserv.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[D-BUS Service]
-Name=org.infradead.ocserv.service
-Exec=/bin/false
-User=root
-SystemdService=ocserv-org.infradead.ocserv.service