diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
index a9abff443fa..cb20aaf7c06 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Description=CloudStack post-patching init script
 After=cloud-early-config.service network.target local-fs.target
 Before=ssh.service
-Requires=networking.service
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud.service b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud.service
index 9c61be46eba..22439239caa 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud.service
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud.service
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/cloud/systemvm
 ExecStart=/usr/local/cloud/systemvm/_run.sh
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=5
+Restart=on-failure