diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcd.service b/node-daemon/pvcd.service
index 60dfcce4..74dfa8d2 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcd.service
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcd.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Parallel Virtual Cluster node daemon unit file
 [Unit]
 Description = Parallel Virtual Cluster node daemon
-After = network-online.target libvirtd.service zookeeper.service mariadb.service
+After = network-online.target libvirtd.service zookeeper.service
 
 [Service]
 Type = simple