diff --git a/etc/slurmctld.service.in b/etc/slurmctld.service.in
index 84cdd49da65d7731b1a27b72e0b977bc92c7f283..0c5fec25cddc2fbbf28449ed04acea3f358f02de 100644
--- a/etc/slurmctld.service.in
+++ b/etc/slurmctld.service.in
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=@sysconfdir@/slurm.conf
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/slurmctld
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/slurmctld $SLURMCTLD_OPTIONS
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/slurmctld
 PIDFile=/var/run/slurm/slurmctld.pid
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/etc/slurmd.service.in b/etc/slurmd.service.in
index 207bff96b23097fd5bca0c53be6070cb4e7f0ce9..66568f21d0ab40bd84821c0c2c38c1b8af784574 100644
--- a/etc/slurmd.service.in
+++ b/etc/slurmd.service.in
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=@sysconfdir@/slurm.conf
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/slurmd
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/slurmd $SLURMD_OPTIONS
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/slurmd
 PIDFile=/var/run/slurm/slurmd.pid
 
 [Install]