diff --git a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
index a9f9f932cc..0ef9923233 100644
--- a/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
+++ b/src/locking/virtlockd.service.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine lock manager
 Requires=virtlockd.socket
-After=syslog.target
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/virtlockd
diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
index d41bf2b1de..5aeb14ca32 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Suspend Active Libvirt Guests
-After=syslog.target network.target
+After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/libvirt-guests