diff --git a/httpd.service b/httpd.service
index 9c63421..fda59d2 100644
--- a/httpd.service
+++ b/httpd.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/httpd
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k start
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -t
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/httpd -HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k graceful-stop