diff --git a/gui-wm/phosh/phosh-0.40.0.ebuild b/gui-wm/phosh/phosh-0.40.0.ebuild
index 66728dc..a5d3ea7 100755
--- a/gui-wm/phosh/phosh-0.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/phosh/phosh-0.40.0.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(	
-	-Dsystemd=true
 	-Dtests=false
 	-Dphoc_tests=disabled
 	)