diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b53dfaa94c8..f97611c9421 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ splash_bmp = files('test/splash.bmp')
 # /usr/sbin, /sbin, and fall back to the default from middle column.
 progs = [['quotaon',    '/usr/sbin/quotaon'    ],
          ['quotacheck', '/usr/sbin/quotacheck' ],
-         ['kill',       '/usr/bin/kill'        ],
          ['kmod',       '/usr/bin/kmod'        ],
          ['kexec',      '/usr/sbin/kexec'      ],
          ['sulogin',    '/usr/sbin/sulogin'    ],
diff --git a/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in b/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in
index 9ce6f1c2acb..d69273f6b30 100644
--- a/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in
+++ b/units/user/systemd-exit.service.in
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ After=shutdown.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=@KILL@ -s 58 $MANAGERPID
+ExecStart=@SYSTEMCTL@ --user --force exit