diff --git a/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.service b/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.service
deleted file mode 100644
index b09cb24b99f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server
-
-[Service]
-Type=dbus
-BusName=uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq
-ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/dnsmasq --test
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dnsmasq -k --enable-dbus --user=dnsmasq --pid-file
-ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Alias=dbus-uk.org.thekelleys.dnsmasq
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/template b/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/template
index 2f3ad8facd0..3f1bc093a04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dnsmasq/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'dnsmasq'
 pkgname=dnsmasq
-version=2.72
-revision=5
+version=2.73
+revision=1
+build_pie=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="dbus-devel libcap-devel libidn-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
-build_options="systemd"
 system_accounts="dnsmasq"
 dnsmasq_homedir="/var/chroot"
 short_desc="Lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server"
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html"
 distfiles="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=635f1b47417d17cf32e45cfcfd0213ac39fd09918479a25373ba9b2ce4adc05d
-build_pie=yes
+checksum=9f350f74ae2c7990b1c7c6c8591d274c37b674aa987f54dfee7ca856fae0d02d
 
 do_build() {
 	echo '#define HAVE_DBUS' >> src/config.h
@@ -26,8 +25,4 @@ do_install() {
 	vsv dnsmasq
 	vconf dnsmasq.conf.example dnsmasq.conf
 	vinstall dbus/dnsmasq.conf 644 etc/dbus-1/system.d
-
-	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/dnsmasq.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
-	fi
 }