diff --git a/net-im/prosody/files/prosody.service-r3 b/net-im/prosody/files/prosody.service-r3
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-[Unit]
-Description=Prosody XMPP server
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-Group=prosody
-PIDFile=/run/prosody/prosody.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/prosody --daemonize
-ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-User=prosody
-ExecStartPre=!/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/prosody
-ExecStartPre=!/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/prosody
-ExecStartPre=!/bin/chown -R prosody /var/log/prosody
-ExecStartPre=!/bin/chown -R prosody /var/lib/prosody
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target