diff --git a/services/systemd/espeakup.conf b/services/systemd/espeakup.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 56aebc1..0000000
--- a/services/systemd/espeakup.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default_voice=
diff --git a/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in b/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in
index bf58905..cbec810 100644
--- a/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in
+++ b/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ After=systemd-udev-settle.service sound.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-EnvironmentFile=@sysconfdir@/conf.d/espeakup.conf
 PIDFile=/run/espeakup.pid
 ExecStartPre=+modprobe speakup_soft
-ExecStart=@bindir@/espeakup --default-voice=${default_voice}
+ExecStart=@bindir@/espeakup
 ExecReload=kill -HUP $MAINPID
 Restart=always
 
diff --git a/services/systemd/meson.build b/services/systemd/meson.build
index 7e4f07e..4a693ed 100644
--- a/services/systemd/meson.build
+++ b/services/systemd/meson.build
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 unitdir = systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')
 bindir = join_paths(prefixdir, get_option('bindir'))
-sysconfdir = join_paths(prefixdir, get_option('sysconfdir'))
 
 unit_conf = configuration_data()
 
 unit_conf.set('bindir', bindir)
-unit_conf.set('sysconfdir', sysconfdir)
 
 service_file = configure_file(
     input : 'espeakup.service.in',
@@ -17,7 +15,3 @@ service_file = configure_file(
 install_data(service_file,
     install_dir : unitdir
 )
-
-install_data('espeakup.conf',
-    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'conf.d')
-)