diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
index 4f27c89fa82..f5e4a153173 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isLinux "-lsystemd-daemon"; # hacky
-
   meta = {
     description = "A robust and highly flexible tunneling application";
     homepage = http://openvpn.net/;