diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service b/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
deleted file mode 100644
index acb6a532a27..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/varnish/files/varnish.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Web Application Accelerator
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -a 0.0.0.0:80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T localhost:6082 -s malloc,64M -u nobody -g nogroup -F
-ExecReload=/usr/bin/varnish-vcl-reload
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/varnish/template b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
index 0699530a870..1f996f4f225 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/varnish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/varnish/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'varnish'
 pkgname=varnish
 version=3.0.7
-revision=2
+revision=3
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_pie=yes
-build_options="systemd"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --sbindir=/usr/bin"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
@@ -19,12 +18,6 @@ distfiles="http://repo.varnish-cache.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a27e9f11391617fab27cc6edc31d3c8681b8d6975f8c2cd07f6e081bc54c24ce
 
 post_install() {
-	# systemd service
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/varnish.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-		# systemd reload helper
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/varnish-vcl-reload 755 usr/sbin
-	fi
 	vsv varnishd
 }