diff --git a/sysusers.d/systemd-remote.conf.m4 b/sysusers.d/systemd-remote.conf.m4
index 0e9d71cdd0..83b362643f 100644
--- a/sysusers.d/systemd-remote.conf.m4
+++ b/sysusers.d/systemd-remote.conf.m4
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_MICROHTTPD',
-u systemd-journal-gateway - "systemd Journal Gateway"
 u systemd-journal-remote  - "systemd Journal Remote"
 )m4_dnl
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_LIBCURL',
diff --git a/units/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service.in b/units/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service.in
index 99099967e7..42da3504b8 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journal-gatewayd.service.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-journal-gatewayd
 User=systemd-journal-gateway
 Group=systemd-journal-gateway
 SupplementaryGroups=systemd-journal
+DynamicUser=yes
 PrivateTmp=yes
 PrivateDevices=yes
 PrivateNetwork=yes