diff --git a/etc/nodepool-launcher.service b/etc/nodepool-launcher.service
index 5617080a9..0865c8370 100644
--- a/etc/nodepool-launcher.service
+++ b/etc/nodepool-launcher.service
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ Description=Nodepool Launcher Service
 After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=forking
+Type=simple
 # Options to pass to nodepool-launcher.
 Group=nodepool
 User=nodepool
 RuntimeDirectory=nodepool
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/nodepool-launcher
-PIDFile=/var/run/nodepool/nodepool.pid
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target