diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-switch.ovsdb-server.service b/debian/openvswitch-switch.ovsdb-server.service
index e0b0a727e..35654d705 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-switch.ovsdb-server.service
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-switch.ovsdb-server.service
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ ExecStop=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl --no-ovs-vswitchd stop
 ExecReload=/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl --no-ovs-vswitchd \
           --no-record-hostname \
           --no-monitor restart $OVS_CTL_OPTS
-RuntimeDirectory=openvswitch
-RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
-RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes