diff --git a/plugins/needs_restarting.py b/plugins/needs_restarting.py
index 2662d2d1..309a2165 100644
--- a/plugins/needs_restarting.py
+++ b/plugins/needs_restarting.py
@@ -215,11 +215,6 @@ def get_boot_time():
         We have two sources from which to derive the boot time. These values vary
         depending on containerization, existence of a Real Time Clock, etc.
         For our purposes we want the latest derived value.
-        - UnitsLoadStartTimestamp property on /org/freedesktop/systemd1
-             The start time of the service manager, according to systemd itself.
-             Seems to be more reliable than UserspaceTimestamp when the RTC is
-             in local time. Works unless the system was not booted with systemd,
-             such as in (most) containers.
         - st_mtime of /proc/1
              Reflects the time the first process was run after booting
              This works for all known cases except machines without
@@ -230,25 +225,6 @@ def get_boot_time():
              Does not work on containers which share their kernel with the
              host - there the host kernel uptime is returned
         """
-        units_load_start_timestamp = None
-        try:
-            bus = dbus.SystemBus()
-            systemd1 = bus.get_object(
-                'org.freedesktop.systemd1',
-                '/org/freedesktop/systemd1'
-            )
-            props = dbus.Interface(
-                systemd1,
-                dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE
-            )
-            units_load_start_timestamp = props.Get(
-                'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager',
-                'UnitsLoadStartTimestamp'
-            )
-            if units_load_start_timestamp != 0:
-                return int(units_load_start_timestamp / (1000 * 1000))
-        except dbus.exceptions.DBusException as e:
-            logger.debug("D-Bus error getting boot time from systemd: {}".format(e))
 
         proc_1_boot_time = int(os.stat('/proc/1').st_mtime)
         if os.path.isfile('/proc/uptime'):