diff --git a/contrib/systemd/user b/contrib/systemd/user
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3f3d9896bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/user
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./system/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/user/podman.service b/contrib/systemd/user/podman.service
deleted file mode 100644
index eaa2ec4378..0000000000
--- a/contrib/systemd/user/podman.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Service
-Requires=podman.socket
-After=podman.socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-StartLimitIntervalSec=0
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-Environment=REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/containers/registries.conf
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman system service
-TimeoutStopSec=30
-KillMode=process
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Also=podman.socket
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/user/podman.socket b/contrib/systemd/user/podman.socket
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b22e31e47..0000000000
--- a/contrib/systemd/user/podman.socket
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=%t/podman/podman.sock
-SocketMode=0660
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target