diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi-daemon.service b/package/avahi/avahi-daemon.service
deleted file mode 100644
index c9b7b1f135..0000000000
--- a/package/avahi/avahi-daemon.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Avahi daemon
-Requires=dbus.target
-After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-RemainAfterExit=ye
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon -s
-ExecReload=/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon -r
-ExecStop=/usr/sbin/avahi-daemon -k
-Restart=restart-always
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index 93d093c486..3508002bb5 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON),y)
 
 define AVAHI_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
-  $(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/avahi/avahi-daemon.service \
-    $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service
-
   mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
 
-  ln -fs ../avahi-daemon.service \
+  ln -fs /lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service \
     $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service
 
+  ln -fs /lib/systemd/system/avahi-dnsconfd.service \
+    $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-dnsconfd.service
+
   mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
 
   $(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/avahi/avahi_tmpfiles.conf \