Drop the SystemdService line in dbus service files I don't think we can dbus activate systemd services on the session bus (we don't have a user bus, and I'm pretty sure we don't have systemd --user) This commit just drops the lines, so dbus can activate on its own. diff -up flatpak-0.8.8/session-helper/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service.in.no-user-systemd flatpak-0.8.8/session-helper/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service.in --- flatpak-0.8.8/session-helper/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service.in.no-user-systemd 2017-11-08 16:33:21.045226761 -0500 +++ flatpak-0.8.8/session-helper/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service.in 2017-11-08 16:33:38.361037649 -0500 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ [D-BUS Service] Name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak Exec=@libexecdir@/flatpak-session-helper -SystemdService=flatpak-session-helper.service --- flatpak-1.0.1/portal/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.service.in.no-user-systemd 2018-05-30 14:58:57.000000000 +0200 +++ flatpak-1.0.1/portal/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.service.in 2018-09-12 12:11:27.428215430 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ [D-BUS Service] Name=org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak Exec=@libexecdir@/flatpak-portal -SystemdService=flatpak-portal.service