diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
index 77cc6f2cf2..97b064b83d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir}"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-stripping"
 
-SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "sysstat.service"
-SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE = "enable"
-
 do_configure_prepend() {
     export sa_lib_dir=${libexecdir}/sa
 }