diff --git a/debian/koha-sysv.install b/debian/koha-sysv.install
index 3298ad35aa..c2dca6c03c 100644
--- a/debian/koha-sysv.install
+++ b/debian/koha-sysv.install
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 debian/koha-sysv.init etc/init.d/koha-common
-debian/koha-sysv.service lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/debian/koha-sysv.postinst b/debian/koha-sysv.postinst
index d9be8f79fe..ec8edf56f9 100755
--- a/debian/koha-sysv.postinst
+++ b/debian/koha-sysv.postinst
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ case "$1" in
     configure)
         # Bug 18250: Correct startup order of koha-common and memcached.
         # On non-systemd systems only: force the rc.d ordering.
-        # On systemd, dh_installsystemd (via #DEBHELPER# below) enables and
-        # starts koha-sysv.service automatically; no manual enable needed.
+        # On systemd hosts, systemd-sysv-generator wraps /etc/init.d/koha-common
+        # as koha-common.service and honors the rc.d symlinks; no manual
+        # enable needed.
         if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
             update-rc.d koha-common disable
             update-rc.d koha-common enable
diff --git a/debian/koha-sysv.service b/debian/koha-sysv.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 029890b3c6..0000000000
--- a/debian/koha-sysv.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# koha-common.service
-# /etc/systemd/system/koha-common.service
-
-[Unit]
-Description=Start required services for each Koha instance
-SourcePath=/etc/init.d/koha-common
-Before=multi-user.target
-Before=graphical.target
-After=remote-fs.target
-After=memcached.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=forking
-Restart=no
-TimeoutSec=5min
-IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
-KillMode=process
-GuessMainPID=no
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-SuccessExitStatus=5 6
-ExecStart=/etc/init.d/koha-common start
-ExecStop=/etc/init.d/koha-common stop
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/debian/templates/koha-worker@.service b/debian/templates/koha-worker@.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 1450a627e1..0000000000
--- a/debian/templates/koha-worker@.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# koha-worker@.service
-# /etc/systemd/system/koha-worker@.service
-[Unit]
-Description=Koha Task Queue Worker
-After=syslog.target network.target
-
-[Service]
-User=%i-koha
-Environment=PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
-Environment=KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/sites/%i/koha-conf.xml
-ExecStart=/usr/share/koha/bin/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=5s
-StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitInterval=60
-SyslogIdentifier=%i-koha-worker
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target