diff --git a/systemd/system/proxysql.service b/systemd/system/proxysql.service
index 2a13307939..de5db28536 100644
--- a/systemd/system/proxysql.service
+++ b/systemd/system/proxysql.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RuntimeDirectory=proxysql
 #ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/proxysql /var/run/proxysql
 #ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown -R proxysql: /var/run/proxysql/
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/proxysql -c /etc/proxysql.cnf
-PIDFile=/var/lib/proxysql/proxysql.pid
+#PIDFile=/var/lib/proxysql/proxysql.pid
 #StandardError=null  # all output is in stderr
 SyslogIdentifier=proxysql
 Restart=no