diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
index 82879941ef..09e0740149 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.service.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Description=Virtual machine log manager
 Requires=virtlogd.socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
-PartOf=libvirtd.service
 Documentation=man:virtlogd(8)
 Documentation=http://libvirt.org
 
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
index efb6504f7a..22b9360c8d 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtual machine log manager socket
 Before=libvirtd.service
-PartOf=libvirtd.service
 
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlogd-sock