diff --git a/debian-files/smasch.service b/debian-files/smasch.service
index e272f3bcc9c96423e120eca5d30f70f57af3d419..03183749e4330c1d69b7517116f558278df61d09 100644
--- a/debian-files/smasch.service
+++ b/debian-files/smasch.service
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=gunicorn daemon for smasch
-Requires=smasch.socket
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ User=smasch
 Group=smasch
 WorkingDirectory=/usr/lib/smasch
 
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/smasch/env/bin/gunicorn --pid /run/smasch/pid smash.wsgi --error-logfile /var/log/smasch/gunicorn.log --log-level DEBUG --capture-output --limit-request-line 8192
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/smasch/env/bin/gunicorn -b :8888 --pid /run/smasch/pid smash.wsgi --error-logfile /var/log/smasch/gunicorn.log --log-level DEBUG --capture-output --limit-request-line 8192
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID
 PrivateTmp=true
diff --git a/debian-files/smasch.socket b/debian-files/smasch.socket
deleted file mode 100644
index 9995a7df43979979612ffdec6db3df472763f402..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian-files/smasch.socket
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=gunicorn socket for smasch
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=/run/smasch/socket
-ListenStream=0.0.0.0:8888
-ListenStream=[::]:9999
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target
-
diff --git a/debian-template/install b/debian-template/install
index 23eb621df21b01fb7d9259168eff72b97b960850..e86ef5b87789030704cd433082d31f2a02cf44c2 100644
--- a/debian-template/install
+++ b/debian-template/install
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ smash/package.json /usr/lib/smasch
 ../requirements-dev.txt /usr/lib/smasch
 debian-files/smasch.py /etc/smasch/
 debian-files/smasch.service /lib/systemd/system/
-debian-files/smasch.socket /lib/systemd/system/
 debian-files/logrotate/smasch /etc/logrotate.d