diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 47242645809..87ebda7a964 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@
    mtime
    ppx_deriving_rpc
    rpclib
-   systemd
    (ezxenstore (= :version))
    (uuid (= :version))
    xapi-backtrace
diff --git a/ocaml/forkexecd/src/dune b/ocaml/forkexecd/src/dune
index 27555180e97..77c396de6bd 100644
--- a/ocaml/forkexecd/src/dune
+++ b/ocaml/forkexecd/src/dune
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
    astring
    fd-send-recv
    forkexec
-   systemd
    uuid
    xapi-log
    xapi-stdext-unix
diff --git a/ocaml/forkexecd/src/fe_main.ml b/ocaml/forkexecd/src/fe_main.ml
index f691aedf246..26701335a7d 100644
--- a/ocaml/forkexecd/src/fe_main.ml
+++ b/ocaml/forkexecd/src/fe_main.ml
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ let setup sock cmdargs id_to_fd_map syslog_stdout redirect_stderr_to_stdout env
     Some {Fe.fd_sock_path}
   )
 
-let systemd_managed () = try Daemon.booted () with Unix.Unix_error _ -> false
-
 let _ =
   Sys.set_signal Sys.sigpipe Sys.Signal_ignore ;
 
@@ -63,8 +61,12 @@ let _ =
   in
   Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext.mkdir_rec Forkhelpers.temp_dir_server 0o755 ;
 
-  if systemd_managed () then
-    Daemon.notify Daemon.State.Ready |> ignore ;
+  let module Daemon = Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext.Daemon in
+  if Daemon.systemd_booted () then
+    if Daemon.systemd_notify Daemon.State.Ready then
+      ()
+    else
+      warn "Sending systemd notification failed at %s" __LOC__ ;
 
   (* At this point the init.d script should return and we are listening on our socket. *)
   while true do
diff --git a/ocaml/networkd/bin/dune b/ocaml/networkd/bin/dune
index fd105560611..7f154a0db5c 100644
--- a/ocaml/networkd/bin/dune
+++ b/ocaml/networkd/bin/dune
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   rpclib.json
   result
   rresult
-  systemd
   threads.posix
   xapi-client
   xapi-consts
diff --git a/ocaml/networkd/bin/networkd.ml b/ocaml/networkd/bin/networkd.ml
index e36113580db..74209fd7867 100644
--- a/ocaml/networkd/bin/networkd.ml
+++ b/ocaml/networkd/bin/networkd.ml
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@ let () =
       Debug.with_thread_associated "main" start server
     )
     () ;
-  ignore (Daemon.notify Daemon.State.Ready) ;
+  let module Daemon = Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext.Daemon in
+  if Daemon.systemd_notify Daemon.State.Ready then
+    ()
+  else
+    D.warn "Sending systemd notification failed at %s" __LOC__ ;
   while true do
     Thread.delay 300. ; Network_server.on_timer ()
   done
diff --git a/ocaml/networkd/lib/dune b/ocaml/networkd/lib/dune
index 6ab41259703..eb2f2de53cd 100644
--- a/ocaml/networkd/lib/dune
+++ b/ocaml/networkd/lib/dune
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   rpclib.core
   rpclib.json
   rresult
-  systemd
   threads.posix
   uri
   xapi-stdext-pervasives
diff --git a/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/dune b/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/dune
index c38e712f74b..6450c363847 100644
--- a/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/dune
+++ b/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/dune
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     rrd-transport
     rrd-transport.lib
     stunnel
-    systemd
     threads.posix
     uuid
     xapi-backtrace
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
     rpclib.xml
     rrdd_libs_internal
     rrd-transport
-    systemd
     threads.posix
     uuid
     xapi-backtrace
diff --git a/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/xcp_rrdd.ml b/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/xcp_rrdd.ml
index faa2c7f0076..fede0f4b0d7 100644
--- a/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/xcp_rrdd.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xcp-rrdd/bin/rrdd/xcp_rrdd.ml
@@ -1133,7 +1133,12 @@ let _ =
     try Watcher.create_watcher_thread ()
     with _ -> error "xenstore-watching thread has failed"
   in
-  ignore (Daemon.notify Daemon.State.Ready) ;
+  let module Daemon = Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext.Daemon in
+  if Daemon.systemd_booted () then
+    if Daemon.systemd_notify Daemon.State.Ready then
+      ()
+    else
+      warn "Sending systemd notification failed at %s" __LOC__ ;
   debug "Creating monitoring loop thread .." ;
   let () =
     try Debug.with_thread_associated "main" monitor_write_loop writers
diff --git a/xapi-rrdd.opam b/xapi-rrdd.opam
index 1d46ca776da..0782309fe06 100644
--- a/xapi-rrdd.opam
+++ b/xapi-rrdd.opam
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ depends: [
   "mtime"
   "ppx_deriving_rpc"
   "rpclib"
-  "systemd"
   "ezxenstore" {= version}
   "uuid" {= version}
   "xapi-backtrace"