diff --git a/roles/wownerod/templates/wownerod.service.j2 b/roles/wownerod/templates/wownerod.service.j2
index 8563a07..4bfe7ae 100644
--- a/roles/wownerod/templates/wownerod.service.j2
+++ b/roles/wownerod/templates/wownerod.service.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Environment="MONERO_RANDOMX_UMASK=1"
 StateDirectory=wownero
 LogsDirectory=wownero
 Type=simple
-PIDFile=/run/wownero/wownerod.pid
 ExecStart={{ wownerod_path }} --config-file /etc/wownerod.conf --non-interactive
 
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