diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3edc3dc..8e4dd04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ set(DATADIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share" CACHE STRING "shared data dir")
 
 pkg_check_modules (GLIB2 REQUIRED glib-2.0)
 pkg_check_modules (UDEV REQUIRED libudev)
-pkg_check_modules (SYSTEMD REQUIRED libsystemd)
 
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)