diff --git a/misc/zoneminder.service.in b/misc/zoneminder.service.in
index ddda8eaa5..23ba45601 100644
--- a/misc/zoneminder.service.in
+++ b/misc/zoneminder.service.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ User=@WEB_USER@
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=@BINDIR@/zmpkg.pl start
 ExecReload=@BINDIR@/zmpkg.pl restart
-ExecStop=/bin/bash -c '[[ "$(@BINDIR@/pgrep zmdc.pl)" > 0 ]] && @BINDIR@/zmpkg.pl stop'
+ExecStop=@BINDIR@/zmpkg.pl stop
 PIDFile="@ZM_RUNDIR@/zm.pid"
 
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