diff --git a/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in b/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
index 44812592e2..79e22c1d4f 100644
--- a/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Documentation=http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-hostnamed
 BusName=org.freedesktop.hostname1
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_SYS_PTRACE
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN
 WatchdogSec=1min
 PrivateTmp=yes
 PrivateDevices=yes
diff --git a/units/systemd-networkd.service.in b/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
index fc3b14a6be..40ec90ef85 100644
--- a/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-networkd.service.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Type=notify
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=0
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-networkd
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_BROADCAST CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SYS_PTRACE CAP_SYS_MODULE
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_BROADCAST CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SYS_MODULE
 WatchdogSec=1min
 
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