diff --git a/net-im/tuwunel/files/tuwunel.init-r1 b/net-im/tuwunel/files/tuwunel.init-r1
index c760b1d021..95feeb17dc 100644
--- a/net-im/tuwunel/files/tuwunel.init-r1
+++ b/net-im/tuwunel/files/tuwunel.init-r1
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@ export TUWUNEL_GROUP=${TUWUNEL_GROUP:-tuwunel}
 description="Tuwunel [matrix] homeserver"
 supervisor="supervise-daemon"
 command="/usr/bin/tuwunel"
+command_args="-c ${TUWUNEL_CONFIG}"
 command_user="${TUWUNEL_USER}:${TUWUNEL_GROUP}"
-pidfile="${TUWUNEL_PID_FILE}"
 
 output_log="${TUWUNEL_LOG_DIR}/tuwunel.log"
 error_log="${TUWUNEL_LOG_DIR}/tuwunel.err"
 
 required_files="${TUWUNEL_CONFIG}"
 
-start_stop_daemon_args="${start_stop_daemon_args} -- -c ${TUWUNEL_CONFIG}"
-
 depend() {
 	need net
 }