diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
index 53255fb3..91718297 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
@@ -186,8 +186,5 @@ installpkg wget rsync bind-utils ftp mtr vconfig
 installpkg icfg spice-vdagent
 installpkg gdisk hexedit sg3_utils
 
-## satisfy libnotify's desktop-notification-daemon with the least crazy option
-installpkg notification-daemon
-
 ## actually install all the requested packages
 run_pkg_transaction