diff --git a/cyr_systemd_helper b/cyr_systemd_helper
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d9ad56..0000000
--- a/cyr_systemd_helper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# get_config [config default]
-# extracts config option from config file
-get_config() {
-  if conf=$(grep "^$1" /etc/imapd.conf); then
-    echo $conf | cut -d: -f2
-  else
-    echo $2
-  fi
-}
-
-CONFIGDIRECTORY=$(get_config configdirectory /var/lib/imap)
-RETVAL=0
-
-start() {
-      cd $CONFIGDIRECTORY
-      runuser - cyrus -s /bin/sh -c "umask 166 ; /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb_all > ${CONFIGDIRECTORY}/rpm/db_import.log 2>&1" < /dev/null
-      RETVAL=$?
-}
-
-stop() {
-      cd $CONFIGDIRECTORY
-      runuser - cyrus -s /bin/sh -c "umask 166 ; /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb_all export > ${CONFIGDIRECTORY}/rpm/db_export.log 2>&1" < /dev/null
-      RETVAL=$?
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-    start
-    ;;
-  stop)
-    stop
-    ;;
-  *)
-    ;;
-esac
-
-exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/cyrus-imapd.service b/cyrus-imapd.service
index 9fe5df7..2d28731 100644
--- a/cyrus-imapd.service
+++ b/cyrus-imapd.service
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ After=cyrus-imapd-init.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/cyrus-imapd
-ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyr_systemd_helper start
 ExecStart=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master $CYRUSOPTIONS
-ExecStopPost=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyr_systemd_helper stop
 PrivateTmp=true
 
 # Cyrus may spawn many processes in normal operation.  These figures are higher
diff --git a/cyrus-imapd.spec b/cyrus-imapd.spec
index 7f23673..c033fb9 100644
--- a/cyrus-imapd.spec
+++ b/cyrus-imapd.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Source15: cyrus-imapd.cron-daily
 Source16: README.rpm
 Source17: cyrus-imapd.service
 Source18: cyrus-imapd-init.service
-Source19: cyr_systemd_helper
 
 # Source files for running the Cassandane test suite at build time.
 Source80: https://github.com/cyrusimap/cassandane/archive/%cmt1.tar.gz#/cassandane-%{scmt %cmt1}.tar.gz
@@ -332,7 +331,6 @@ END
 
 install -p -D -m 644 %SOURCE17 %buildroot/%_unitdir/cyrus-imapd.service
 install -p -D -m 644 %SOURCE18 %buildroot/%_unitdir/cyrus-imapd-init.service
-install -p -D -m 755 %SOURCE19 %buildroot/%cyrexecdir/cyr_systemd_helper
 
 # Cleanup of doc dir
 find doc perl -name CVS -type d -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;