diff --git a/support/apachectl.in b/support/apachectl.in
index c6ac3ea..2599386 100644
--- a/support/apachectl.in
+++ b/support/apachectl.in
@@ -100,9 +100,24 @@ fi
 ERROR=$?
 }
 
+if [ "x$2" != "x" ] ; then
+    echo Passing arguments to httpd using apachectl is no longer supported.
+    echo You can only start/stop/restart httpd using this script.
+    echo If you want to pass extra arguments to httpd, edit the
+    echo /etc/sysconfig/httpd config file.
+fi
+
 case $ACMD in
-start|stop|restart|graceful|graceful-stop)
-    $HTTPD $OPTIONS -k $ARGV
+start|stop|restart|status)
+    /usr/bin/systemctl $ACMD httpd.service
+    ERROR=$?
+    ;;
+graceful)
+    /usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd.service
+    ERROR=$?
+    ;;
+graceful-stop)
+    /usr/bin/systemctl stop httpd.service
     ERROR=$?
     ;;
 startssl|sslstart|start-SSL)
@@ -114,10 +129,6 @@ startssl|sslstart|start-SSL)
 configtest)
     testconfig
     ;;
-status)
-    checklynx
-    $LYNX $STATUSURL | awk ' /process$/ { print; exit } { print } '
-    ;;
 fullstatus)
     checklynx
     $LYNX $STATUSURL