diff --git a/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service b/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
index ce5810b5f..04ef69adc 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/forgejo/
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/forgejo web --config /etc/forgejo/app.ini
 Restart=always
 Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/forgejo
-WatchdogSec=30s
 # If you install Git to directory prefix other than default PATH (which happens
 # for example if you install other versions of Git side-to-side with
 # distribution version), uncomment below line and add that prefix to PATH