diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service
index 8be0ef0..b699cd0 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
 After=syslog.target
 After=network.target
-Requires=mariadb.service
 Requires=redis.service
 
 [Service]