diff --git a/elements/base/environment.d/10-SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR.bash b/elements/base/environment.d/10-SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 6780f0a87..000000000
--- a/elements/base/environment.d/10-SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-SYSTEMD_PC_FILE="/usr/share/pkgconfig/systemd.pc"
-SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR="/lib"
-if [ -f $SYSTEMD_PC_FILE ]; then
-    SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR=$(awk \
-        '/systemdsystemunitdir=/ {split($0,a,"=");print a[2]}' \
-        $SYSTEMD_PC_FILE)
-fi
-export SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR