diff --git a/fetchmail.service b/fetchmail.service
index f59312c8524424c6fc56f2ae74e0a46e152dddca..4b6289fef5cfb7d67c8c873b0de1da61b30ae70c 100644
--- a/fetchmail.service
+++ b/fetchmail.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=local-fs.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 User=mail
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 300 --fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc.example
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 300 -f /etc/fetchmailrc
 RestartSec=1
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/fetchmailrc.example b/fetchmailrc.example
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c2c1272b351ab2aed39ede1fdd0b35960d0687..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/fetchmailrc.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#poll pop.domain.com proto pop3
-#    user 'user1' there with password 'secret' is user1 here