diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-switch.service b/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
index a43706a328843a2faf0ae7d2fd69e30369285a62..ff2acbe0461def29499f43fd821658263ac12c7a 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Open vSwitch
-After=network.target openvswitch-nonetwork.service
+After=openvswitch-nonetwork.service
 Requires=openvswitch-nonetwork.service
 Before=networking.service