diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d004c9f..3ea9779 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ pkg_check_modules(PMLOGLIB REQUIRED PmLogLib>=3.0.2)
 include_directories(${PMLOGLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 webos_add_compiler_flags(ALL ${PMLOGLIB_CFLAGS_OTHER})
 
-pkg_check_modules(SYSTEMD_DAEMON REQUIRED libsystemd)
-include_directories(${SYSTEMD_DAEMON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-webos_add_compiler_flags(ALL ${SYSTEMD_DAEMON_CFLAGS_OTHER})
-
 include(webOS/LegacyDefines)
 
 set(LS2_PERMS "")
diff --git a/src/ls-hubd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ls-hubd/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bea8cb..d91f800 100644
--- a/src/ls-hubd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ls-hubd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ add_definitions(-DDEFAULT_LOCAL_SOCKET_DIR="${WEBOS_INSTALL_RUNTIMEINFODIR}/ls2"
 add_library(ls-hublib STATIC ${HUB_SOURCE_FILES})
 
 add_executable(ls-hubd hub.c)
-target_link_libraries(ls-hubd ls-hublib ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${PMLOGLIB_LDFLAGS} ${SYSTEMD_DAEMON_LDFLAGS})
+target_link_libraries(ls-hubd ls-hublib ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${PMLOGLIB_LDFLAGS})
 webos_build_daemon(NAME ls-hubd LAUNCH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/files/launch/ ${LS2_RESTRICTED})
 
 if (WEBOS_CONFIG_BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/src/ls-hubd/hub.c b/src/ls-hubd/hub.c
index 78b56e8..7fc3112 100644
--- a/src/ls-hubd/hub.c
+++ b/src/ls-hubd/hub.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <pbnjson.h>
-#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
 
 #include "hub.h"
 #include "conf.h"
@@ -4487,11 +4486,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             LOG_LS_ERROR(MSGID_LSHUB_UPSTART_ERROR, 0, "Unable to emit upstart event");
         }
     }
-
-    if (getenv("NOTIFY_SOCKET") != NULL)
-    {
-        sd_notify(0, "READY=1");
-    }
 #endif
 
     if (boot_file_name)
diff --git a/src/ls-hubd/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ls-hubd/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d06cc4..d51893b 100644
--- a/src/ls-hubd/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ls-hubd/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ add_definitions(-DUNIT_TESTS)
 
 foreach (TEST ${UNIT_TEST_SOURCES})
     add_executable(${TEST} ${TEST}.c ../hub.c ../security.c)
-    target_link_libraries(${TEST} ls-hublib ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${TESTLIBNAME} ${PMLOGLIB_LDFLAGS} ${SYSTEMD_DAEMON_LDFLAGS})
+    target_link_libraries(${TEST} ls-hublib ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${TESTLIBNAME} ${PMLOGLIB_LDFLAGS})
     add_test(${TEST} ${TEST})
 endforeach ()