diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index c25bfadb4..2fd3ba85c 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ fixtures:
   repositories:
     archive: "https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-archive"
     stdlib: "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib"
-    systemd: "https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-systemd"
   symlinks:
     "prometheus": "#{source_dir}"
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index ad796f415..c6d0517f9 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
 
     # the vast majority of files here are init-files
     # so any change there should trigger a full service restart
-    # systemd reload comes from the systemd module
     if $::prometheus::restart_on_change {
       File {
         notify => [Class['::prometheus::run_service']],
       }
-      $systemd_notify = [Exec['systemctl-daemon-reload'], Class['::prometheus::run_service']]
+      $systemd_notify = [Exec['prometheus-systemd-reload'], Class['::prometheus::run_service']]
     } else {
-      $systemd_notify = Exec['systemctl-daemon-reload']
+      $systemd_notify = Exec['prometheus-systemd-reload']
     }
 
     case $prometheus::init_style {
@@ -46,6 +45,12 @@
           notify  => $systemd_notify,
           content => template('prometheus/prometheus.systemd.erb'),
         }
+        exec { 'prometheus-systemd-reload':
+          command     => 'systemctl daemon-reload',
+          path        => [ '/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
+          refreshonly => true,
+        }
+
       }
       'sysv' : {
         file { '/etc/init.d/prometheus':
diff --git a/manifests/service_reload.pp b/manifests/service_reload.pp
index b974de4e7..c83929e59 100644
--- a/manifests/service_reload.pp
+++ b/manifests/service_reload.pp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
     exec { 'prometheus-reload':
       command     => $prometheus_reload,
+      path        => [ '/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
       refreshonly => true,
     }
   }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 3eb6ce80e..694147e3c 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
       "name":"puppet/archive",
       "version_requirement":">=1.3.0 <2.0.0"
     },
-    {
-      "name":"camptocamp/systemd",
-      "version_requirement":">=0.4.0 <1.0.0"
-    },
     {
       "name":"puppetlabs/stdlib",
       "version_requirement":">= 4.6.0 <5.0.0"