diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
index f38085262ae..b9a7609b62f 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Description=Kubernetes API Server
 Documentation=https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes
 
-After=etcd.service
-
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/config
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/apiserver