diff --git a/units/meson.build b/units/meson.build
index e4ac6ce..e118d81 100644
--- a/units/meson.build
+++ b/units/meson.build
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ units = [
          'sockets.target.wants/'],
         ['systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket',     'ENABLE_REMOTE HAVE_MICROHTTPD'],
         ['systemd-journal-remote.socket',       'ENABLE_REMOTE HAVE_MICROHTTPD'],
-        ['systemd-journald-audit.socket',       '',
-         'sockets.target.wants/'],
+        ['systemd-journald-audit.socket',       ''],
         ['systemd-journald-dev-log.socket',     '',
          'sockets.target.wants/'],
         ['systemd-journald.socket',             '',
diff --git a/units/systemd-journald.service.in b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
index 4eab2fa..e109b25 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Before=sysinit.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
-Sockets=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket systemd-journald-audit.socket
+Sockets=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-journald
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0