diff --git a/units/systemd-userdbd.service.in b/units/systemd-userdbd.service.in
index 407e9204a5..1c092654b9 100644
--- a/units/systemd-userdbd.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-userdbd.service.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Description=User Database Manager
 Documentation=man:systemd-userdbd.service(8)
 Requires=systemd-userdbd.socket
-After=systemd-userdbd.socket systemd-remount-fs.service
+After=systemd-userdbd.socket
 Before=sysinit.target
 DefaultDependencies=no