diff --git a/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-service b/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-service
index 1d2f2beec4..775d7165be 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-service
+++ b/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-service
@@ -1,78 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Default configured services
-if [ -e /etc/debian_version ]; then
-    TOWER_CONFIG="/etc/default/ansible-tower"
-else
-    TOWER_CONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/ansible-tower"
-fi
-
-# Load default configuration
-[ -e "${TOWER_CONFIG}" ] && . "${TOWER_CONFIG}"
-
-service_action() {
-    SERVICES=$TOWER_SERVICES
-
-    for svc in ${SERVICES}; do
-
-        service ${svc} $1
-        this_return=$?
-        if [ $this_return -gt $worst_return ]; then
-            worst_return=$this_return
-        fi
-        # Allow supervisor time to cleanup child pids (ubuntu only)
-        if [[ ${svc} == supervisor* && ${1} == stop && -e /etc/debian_version ]]; then
-            S_PID=$(pidof -x supervisord)
-            echo "Waiting to allow supervisor time to cleanup ... pid ${S_PID}"
-            if [ "${S_PID}" ]; then
-                i=0
-                while kill -0 "${S_PID}" 2> /dev/null; do
-                    if [ $i = '60' ]; then
-                        break;
-                    else
-                        if [ $i == '0' ]; then
-                            echo -n " ... waiting"
-                        else
-                            echo -n "."
-                        fi
-                        i=$(($i+1))
-                        sleep 1
-                    fi
-                done
-            fi
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-usage() {
-    echo "Ansible Tower service helper utility"
-    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
-}
-
-worst_return=0
-case "$1" in
-    help | -help | --help | -h)
-        usage
-        ;;
-    start)
-          echo "Starting Tower"
-          service_action start
-          ;;
-    stop)
-        echo "Stopping Tower"
-        service_action stop
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        echo "Restarting Tower"
-        service_action stop
-        service_action start
-        ;;
-    status)
-        echo "Showing Tower Status"
-        service_action status
-        ;;
-    *)
-        usage
-        worst_return=1
-esac
-exit $worst_return
+# Redirect to systemctl
+exec systemctl $@ ansible-tower.service