diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 14846ac09c506d9e533158d86c35b717652dec7b..73b171383303fd46cd839b58524effe703336a09 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ Tools to faciliate working with acsd in cta
 #%attr(0644,root,root) %doc /usr/share/man/man1/cta-acsd.1cta.gz
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-acsd
 %attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-acsd.conf
-%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) /etc/sysconfig/cta-acsd
 %attr(0644,root,root) /etc/systemd/system/cta-acsd.service
 
 %post -n cta-acsd
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/mediachanger/acs/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index 1dfee71cbc555055c2cd396987b554543971b81f..814accaca1a43abc17e47203afba65552d533737 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ set_property (TARGET cta-acsd APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
 install (FILES cta-acsd.conf DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/cta)
 install (TARGETS cta-acsd DESTINATION /usr/bin)
 install (FILES cta-acsd.logrotate DESTINATION /etc/logrotate.d RENAME cta-acsd)
-install (FILES cta-acsd.sysconfig DESTINATION /etc/sysconfig RENAME cta-acsd)
 install (FILES cta-acsd.service DESTINATION /etc/systemd/system)
 
 add_library (ctamediachangeracsdaemonunittests SHARED AcsdCmdLineTest.cpp AcsdCmdLine.cpp)
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.service b/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.service
index b6c4c395248e37320ddcd74d158645c546e3810e..c2ce4f78eda5a7790feb5590c98105f5a4b94bc1 100644
--- a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.service
+++ b/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.service
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Description=CERN Tape Archive (CTA) acsd daemon
 After=syslog.target network-online.target
 
 [Service]
-EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/cta-acsd
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/cta-acsd ${CTA_ACSD_OPTIONS}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/cta-acsd
 LimitCORE=infinity
 Type=forking
 Restart=no
diff --git a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.sysconfig b/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.sysconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 8131adf1c7a76484dc10974d51bbd8a8a93b349f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/mediachanger/acs/daemon/cta-acsd.sysconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-# Arguments for the rmcd server daemon
-#   -smc_ldr       is the picker device as defined in /dev.
-#   -f             keep process in the foreground, do not fork.
-#CTA_ACSD_OPTIONS="/dev/sg9"