diff --git a/userspace/root/usr/comma/comma.sh b/userspace/root/usr/comma/comma.sh
index 56bafd8..b83efb0 100755
--- a/userspace/root/usr/comma/comma.sh
+++ b/userspace/root/usr/comma/comma.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ echo 1689600 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy4/scaling_max_freq
 
 echo "waiting for magic"
 for i in {1..200}; do
-  if systemctl is-active --quiet magic && [ -S /tmp/drmfd.sock ]; then
+  if [ -S /tmp/drmfd.sock ]; then
     break
   fi
   sleep 0.1
 done
 
-if systemctl is-active --quiet magic && [ -S /tmp/drmfd.sock ]; then
+if [ -S /tmp/drmfd.sock ]; then
   echo "magic ready after ${SECONDS}s"
 else
   echo "timed out waiting for magic, ${SECONDS}s"
diff --git a/userspace/root/usr/comma/shims/systemctl b/userspace/root/usr/comma/shims/systemctl
deleted file mode 100755
index 5dc0e36..0000000
--- a/userspace/root/usr/comma/shims/systemctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ "$1" = "is-active" ] && [ "$2" = "--quiet" ] && [ "$3" = "magic" ]; then
-  if pgrep -u comma -f "/usr/comma/magic.py" >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -S /tmp/drmfd.sock ]; then
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  exit 3
-fi
-
-if [ "$1" = "daemon-reload" ]; then
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-exec /usr/bin/systemctl "$@"