diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be1599a..16dad41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ install:
 	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${DESTDIR}${SYSTEMDSYSTEMDIR}
 	install -m 0644 mxstartup-mxvip.service    ${DESTDIR}${SYSTEMDSYSTEMDIR}
 	install -m 0644 mxstartup-classic.service  ${DESTDIR}${SYSTEMDSYSTEMDIR}
-	install -m 0644 mxstartup-systemd.service  ${DESTDIR}${SYSTEMDSYSTEMDIR}
 	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 0755 mxstartup2mxconfig         ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 0755 mxvipctl                   ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 0755 mxservicectl               ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 0755 mxstartupctl               ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
-	install -m 0755 mxstartup.systemd          ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
diff --git a/mxstartup-systemd.service b/mxstartup-systemd.service
deleted file mode 100644
index f5fcec8..0000000
--- a/mxstartup-systemd.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Mariux mxstartup systemd
-After=mxstartup-mxvip.service mxmount.service
-Requires=mxstartup-mxvip.service mxmount.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mxstartup.systemd start
-ExecStop=/usr/sbin/mxstartup.systemd stop
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-StandardOutput=syslog
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mxstartup.systemd b/mxstartup.systemd
deleted file mode 100755
index e482de7..0000000
--- a/mxstartup.systemd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#set -x
-
-dnsdomain=molgen.mpg.de
-systemdsystemdir=/etc/systemd/system
-mxstartupprefix=mxstartup
-unittype=.service
-
-hostname=$(uname -n)
-shorthostname=${hostname%\.${dnsdomain}}
-
-searchunits=${systemdsystemdir}/${mxstartupprefix}-${shorthostname}-*${unittype}
-
-units=
-
-
-shopt -s nullglob
-
-for i in ${searchunits} ; do
-    units="${units+${units} }${i##*/}"
-done
-
-
-if [ -z "${units}" ] ; then
-    echo >&2 "mxstartup: nothing to start on host '${shorthostname}'"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-
-
-cmd=status
-
-if [ "${1}" = "start" -o "${1}" = "stop" ] ; then
-   cmd=${1}
-fi
-
-exec systemctl ${cmd} ${units}
-