diff --git a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
index 99d28560da..5be5329f4a 100644
--- a/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
+++ b/contrib/varlink/io.podman.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Documentation=man:podman-varlink(1)
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman system service --varlink --timeout=60000 unix:%t/podman/io.podman
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman varlink unix:%t/podman/io.podman --timeout=60000
 TimeoutStopSec=30
 KillMode=process