# Mender-convert enables systemd even with MENDER\_ENABLE\_SYSTEMD="n"

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-enables-systemd-even-with-mender-enable-systemd-n/8161>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 9, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-enables-systemd-even-with-mender-enable-systemd-n/8161 "2026-01-09T16:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![user706](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@user706](https://hub.mender.io/u/user706)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-enables-systemd-even-with-mender-enable-systemd-n/8161/1 "2026-01-09T16:13:03Z")

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I’m running mender in standalone mode and have the following set in the mender-convert config:

```auto
MENDER_ENABLE_SYSTEMD="n"

```

But in the resultant image, if I do

```auto
sudo systemctl --no-pager status mender-authd.service mender-client.service mender-data-dir.service mender-grow-data.service mender.service mender-updated.service

```

I find that `mender-authd.service` and `mender-updated.service` are running. Why?

They are not needed for my standalone usecase (right??) which is simply

```auto
mender-update install file.mender
reboot
mender-update commit

```

Any easy way to stop all systemd services?

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-enables-systemd-even-with-mender-enable-systemd-n/8161/2 "2026-01-12T12:49:44Z")

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Hi @user706,

Thanks for reaching out, you actually found a bug after a change in the installation process of the Mender Client in `mender-convert`. We are tracking it at [Jira](https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/MEN-9215).

Greetz,  
Josef