diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
index 3c4766e..2b27dc1 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-subprocess python-dbus python-pygobject"
 
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "host-ipmi-hw.service"
-
 inherit obmc-phosphor-host-ipmi-hw
 inherit skeleton-python
 
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example/host-ipmi-hw.service b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example/host-ipmi-hw.service
deleted file mode 100644
index e15d8d7..0000000
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example/host-ipmi-hw.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Phosphor OpenBMC host IPMI to DBUS example implementation
-
-[Service]
-Restart=always
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/host-ipmi-hw
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target