diff --git a/debian/systemd/koha-common.service b/debian/systemd/koha-common.service
index af29d0e18e..5387ee3ae5 100644
--- a/debian/systemd/koha-common.service
+++ b/debian/systemd/koha-common.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ After=koha.target
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStartPre=+/bin/sh -c 'for i in $(koha-list --enabled --elasticsearch 2>/dev/null); do systemctl enable --now "koha-es-indexer@$i.service" 2>/dev/null || true; done'
-ExecStart=/bin/systemctl start koha.target
+ExecStart=/bin/true
 ExecStop=/bin/systemctl stop koha.target
 
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