diff --git a/tools/console/daemon/utils.c b/tools/console/daemon/utils.c
index dbb3b12516..644f6afbbf 100644
--- a/tools/console/daemon/utils.c
+++ b/tools/console/daemon/utils.c
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ void daemonize(const char *pidfile)
 	int i;
 	char buf[100];
 
-	if (getppid() == 1) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if ((pid = fork()) > 0) {
 		exit(0);
 	} else if (pid == -1) {
diff --git a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service.in b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service.in
index cd282bf7ff..8e333b114e 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service.in
+++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenconsoled.service.in
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ Environment=XENCONSOLED_ARGS=
 Environment=XENCONSOLED_TRACE=none
 Environment=XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR=@XEN_LOG_DIR@/console
 EnvironmentFile=@CONFIG_DIR@/@CONFIG_LEAF_DIR@/xencommons
-PIDFile=@XEN_RUN_DIR@/xenconsoled.pid
 ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p ${XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR}
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/xenconsoled --pid-file @XEN_RUN_DIR@/xenconsoled.pid --log=${XENCONSOLED_TRACE} --log-dir=${XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR} $XENCONSOLED_ARGS
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/xenconsoled -i --log=${XENCONSOLED_TRACE} --log-dir=${XENCONSOLED_LOG_DIR} $XENCONSOLED_ARGS
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target