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diff --git a/src/core/service.c b/src/core/service.c
index 4070fd741b..34dde7963e 100644
--- a/src/core/service.c
+++ b/src/core/service.c
@@ -1957,6 +1957,12 @@ static void service_enter_dead(Service *s, ServiceResult f, bool allow_restart)
/* we want fresh tmpdirs in case service is started again immediately */
exec_context_tmp_dirs_done(&s->exec_context);
+ /* Try to delete the pid file. At this point it will be
+ * out-of-date, and some software might be confused by it, so
+ * let's remove it. */
+ if (s->pid_file)
+ unlink_noerrno(s->pid_file);
+
return;
fail: