diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/files/dbus.rc b/srcpkgs/dbus/files/dbus.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 94057d1e285..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/files/dbus.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
-
-command=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon
-pidfile=/var/run/dbus/pid
-: ${command_args:=--system}
-
-depend()
-{
-	need localmount net
-	after bootmisc
-}
-
-start_pre()
-{
-	dir=$(dirname $pidfile)
-	if [ ! -d $dir ]; then
-		mkdir $dir
-		chmod 0755 $dir
-		chown dbus:dbus $dir
-	fi
-	dbus-uuidgen --ensure
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index 59399c7e5ca..8174383d65d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dbus'
 pkgname=dbus
 version=1.4.16
+revision=1
 homepage="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/dbus/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 conf_files="/etc/dbus-1/session.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.conf"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-libs"
-openrc_services="dbus default true"
+systemd_services="dbus.service"
 system_accounts="dbus"
 
 Add_dependency run glibc
@@ -44,6 +45,4 @@ post_install()
 	vinstall tools/dbus-launch 755 usr/bin
 	vinstall doc/dbus-launch.1 644 usr/share/man/man1
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/30-dbus-xinit 755 etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d 30-dbus
-	# Install the OpenRC service
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/dbus.rc 755 etc/init.d dbus
 }