diff --git a/templates/conf/environment.erb b/templates/conf/environment.erb
index 16bbaf2..6a3a7ef 100644
--- a/templates/conf/environment.erb
+++ b/templates/conf/environment.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME=zookeeper
 ZOOCFGDIR=<%= scope.lookupvar("zookeeper::cfg_dir") %>
 
-<% if scope.lookupvar('zookeeper::install_method') != 'archive' -%>
+<% if scope.lookupvar('zookeeper::install_method') != 'archive' and scope.lookupvar('zookeeper::service_provider') != 'systemd' -%>
 # TODO this is really ugly
 # How to find out, which jars are needed?
 # seems, that log4j requires the log4j.properties file to be in the classpath