diff --git a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service.in b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service.in
index 80c1d408a5..261077dc92 100644
--- a/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service.in
+++ b/tools/hotplug/Linux/systemd/xenstored.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=The Xen xenstore
-Requires=proc-xen.mount var-lib-xenstored.mount
-After=proc-xen.mount var-lib-xenstored.mount
+Requires=proc-xen.mount
+After=proc-xen.mount
 Before=libvirtd.service libvirt-guests.service
 RefuseManualStop=true
 ConditionPathExists=/proc/xen/capabilities
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ ExecStart=@XEN_SCRIPT_DIR@/launch-xenstore
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 Also=proc-xen.mount
-Also=var-lib-xenstored.mount