diff --git a/src/nwfilter/meson.build b/src/nwfilter/meson.build
index de672bb827..c091bc3f1b 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/meson.build
+++ b/src/nwfilter/meson.build
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ if conf.has('WITH_NWFILTER')
 
   virt_daemon_units += {
     'service': 'virtnwfilterd',
-    'service_in': files('virtnwfilterd.service.in'),
     'name': 'Libvirt nwfilter',
-    'socket_in': libvirtd_socket_in,
-    'socket_ro_in': libvirtd_socket_ro_in,
-    'socket_admin_in': libvirtd_socket_admin_in,
   }
 
   openrc_init_files += {
diff --git a/src/nwfilter/virtnwfilterd.service.in b/src/nwfilter/virtnwfilterd.service.in
deleted file mode 100644
index d6e98240a8..0000000000
--- a/src/nwfilter/virtnwfilterd.service.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Virtualization nwfilter daemon
-Conflicts=libvirtd.service
-Requires=virtnwfilterd.socket
-Requires=virtnwfilterd-ro.socket
-Requires=virtnwfilterd-admin.socket
-After=network.target
-After=dbus.service
-After=apparmor.service
-Documentation=man:virtnwfilterd(8)
-Documentation=https://libvirt.org
-
-[Service]
-Type=notify
-Environment=VIRTNWFILTERD_ARGS="--timeout 120"
-EnvironmentFile=-@initconfdir@/virtnwfilterd
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/virtnwfilterd $VIRTNWFILTERD_ARGS
-ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-Restart=on-failure
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Also=virtnwfilterd.socket
-Also=virtnwfilterd-ro.socket
-Also=virtnwfilterd-admin.socket