diff --git a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
index 7fbfd97aed..9dbc3b5678 100644
--- a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Description=Build daemon for GNU Guix
 ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix-daemon \
     --build-users-group=guixbuild --discover=no
 Environment='GUIX_LOCPATH=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/lib/locale' LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
-RemainAfterExit=yes
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog
 
diff --git a/etc/guix-publish.service.in b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
index 104a726865..b8fd3b4c03 100644
--- a/etc/guix-publish.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-publish.service.in
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ After=guix-daemon.service
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix publish --user=nobody --port=8181
 Environment='GUIX_LOCPATH=@localstatedir@/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/lib/locale' LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
-RemainAfterExit=yes
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog