diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f126bdfd..97277225 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Change too-verbose warning message level from `Warn` to `Debug`. #1025
 - Fixed a bug where error occurs when editing node. #1024
 - Optionally detect network and netmask from CIDR IP address. #1016
+- Fix startup of wwclient on systemd hosts #1066
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient b/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
deleted file mode 100644
index 38347110..00000000
--- a/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-. /warewulf/config
-# Only start if the systemd is no available
-test -d /run/systemd/system  && exit 0
-echo "Starting wwclient"
-nohup /warewulf/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
-