diff --git a/actions/hostname-change b/actions/hostname-change
index 3b578d026..c5bdee448 100755
--- a/actions/hostname-change
+++ b/actions/hostname-change
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 
 hostname="$1"
 
-if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] ; then
-    hostnamectl set-hostname --transient --static "$hostname"
-else
-    echo "$hostname" > /etc/hostname
-    if [ -x /etc/init.d/hostname.sh ] ; then
-	invoke-rc.d hostname.sh start
-    else
-	service hostname start
-    fi
-fi
+hostnamectl set-hostname --transient --static "$hostname"
 
 service avahi-daemon restart