diff --git a/roles/network/templates/network/dnsmasq.service.u18 b/roles/network/templates/network/dnsmasq.service.u18
index d4bbb7a30..aba426678 100644
--- a/roles/network/templates/network/dnsmasq.service.u18
+++ b/roles/network/templates/network/dnsmasq.service.u18
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Network iiab-dnsmasq
-Wants=network.target
 After=network-online.target
 Requires=network-online.target
-Requires=systemd-networkd-wait-online
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot