diff --git a/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service.in b/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service.in
index 50a87dc555f4..82ae4d80cd36 100644
--- a/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service.in
+++ b/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service.in
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=@php_fpm_systemd@
-PIDFile=@EXPANDED_LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/php-fpm.pid
 ExecStart=@EXPANDED_SBINDIR@/php-fpm --nodaemonize --fpm-config @EXPANDED_SYSCONFDIR@/php-fpm.conf
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID