diff --git a/contrib/systemd/README.md b/contrib/systemd/README.md
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--- a/contrib/systemd/README.md
+++ b/contrib/systemd/README.md
@@ -27,11 +27,3 @@ You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/c
  1. `systemctl --user status podman.socket podman.service`
 
 Assuming the status messages show no errors, the libpod service is ready to respond to the APIv2 on the unix domain socket `/run/user/$(id -u)/podman/podman.sock`
-
-### podman.service
-You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service.in) for a rootless podman.service file.
-
-Note: replace `@@PODMAN@@` with path to podman binary, such as `/usr/local/bin/podman`
-
-### podman.socket
-You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket) for a rootless podman.socket file.