diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/files/upowerd.service b/srcpkgs/upower/files/upowerd.service
deleted file mode 100644
index bee3792a62f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/files/upowerd.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Power Manager
-After=syslog.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=dbus
-BusName=org.freedesktop.UPower
-ExecStart=/usr/libexec/upowerd
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=graphical.target
diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/template b/srcpkgs/upower/template
index 31ab73b5177..7ce22419583 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/template
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'upower'
 pkgname=upower
-version=0.9.15
+version=0.9.16
 homepage="http://upower.freedesktop.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-backend=linux"
+configure_args="--with-backend=linux
+--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system"
 short_desc="Abstraction for enumerating power devices"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=d5941480f32dcee47401b3f650485c71f70e7eb0d92537bf4b62410248a6238c
+checksum=eb9a3d39a8cb62970fd612e333bc7a43437ab0e7890303578b0a7e3c67c8c212
 long_desc="
  UPower is an abstraction for enumerating power devices, listening to device
  events and querying history and statistics. Any application or service on
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ long_desc="
  message bus. Some operations (such as suspending the system) are restricted
  using PolicyKit."
 
-systemd_services="upowerd.service on"
+systemd_services="upower.service on"
 conf_files="/etc/UPower/UPower.conf"
 subpackages="upower-devel"
 
@@ -34,7 +35,3 @@ Add_dependency build polkit-devel
 
 Add_dependency full udev
 Add_dependency full pm-utils
-
-post_install() {
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/upowerd.service 644 lib/systemd/system
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/upower.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/upower/upower.rshlibs
index 8e45525f10f..de2d22adc5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/upower.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/upower.rshlibs
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ libdbus-glib-1.so.2
 libdbus-1.so.3
 libusb-1.0.so.0
 libgudev-1.0.so.0
-libgthread-2.0.so.0
 librt.so.1