diff --git a/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service b/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
index 6d1e27445b734..cd5c5e7f91151 100644
--- a/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
+++ b/media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Group=video
 RuntimeDirectory=tvheadend
 PIDFile=/run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/tvheadend
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/tvheadend -p /run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid -c "${TVHEADEND_CONFIG}" ${TVHEADEND_OPTIONS}
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/tvheadend -p /run/tvheadend/tvheadend.pid -c ${TVHEADEND_CONFIG} ${TVHEADEND_OPTIONS}
 TimeoutStartSec=1m
 TimeoutStopSec=20s
 Restart=always