diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
index 1fcd881215..eb841d1356 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Type=notify
 # the default is not to use systemd for cgroups because the delegate issues still
 # exists and systemd currently does not support the cgroup feature set required
 # for containers run by docker
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd://
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 TimeoutSec=0
 RestartSec=2
diff --git a/systemd/00-socket-activation.conf b/systemd/00-socket-activation.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ccee049f..0000000000
--- a/systemd/00-socket-activation.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-After=docker.socket
-Requires=docker.socket
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd://