diff --git a/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in b/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
index 191f62af2..e6915b57d 100644
--- a/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
+++ b/ldirectord/systemd/ldirectord.service.in
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Monitor and administer real servers in a LVS cluster of load balanced virtual servers
 Documentation=man:ldirectord(8)
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/ldirectord start
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/touch /var/lock/subsys/ldirectord
 ExecStop=@sbindir@/ldirectord stop
-ExecStopPost=@RM@ -f /var/lock/subsys/ldirectord
 ExecReload=@sbindir@/ldirectord reload
 PIDFile=/var/run/ldirectord.ldirectord.pid
 Type=forking
 KillMode=none
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target