diff --git a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
index 0a5807afb0..274cec0c79 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
+++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen/capabilities
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-EnvironmentFile=-@CONFIG_DIR@/@CONFIG_LEAF_DIR@/xenstored
 PIDFile=@XEN_RUN_DIR@/qemu-dom0.pid
 ExecStartPre=/bin/grep -q control_d /proc/xen/capabilities
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p @XEN_RUN_DIR@