diff --git a/templates/common/_base/units/machine-config-daemon-host.service.yaml b/templates/common/_base/units/machine-config-daemon-host.service.yaml
index cc8debb97d..940ae4fba2 100644
--- a/templates/common/_base/units/machine-config-daemon-host.service.yaml
+++ b/templates/common/_base/units/machine-config-daemon-host.service.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ contents: |
   # TODO add --from-etc-pullspec after ratcheting
   ExecStart=/usr/libexec/machine-config-daemon pivot
 
-  [Install]
-  WantedBy=multi-user.target
 dropins:
   - name: 10-mco-default-env.conf
     contents: |