diff --git a/service/nxdngateway.service b/service/nxdngateway.service
index 3d9a8a9..2819dd1 100644
--- a/service/nxdngateway.service
+++ b/service/nxdngateway.service
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Restart=always
 RestartSec=3
 StandardOutput=null
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/NXDNGateway
-ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'until ping -c1 noip.com; do sleep 1; done;'
 ExecStart=/opt/NXDNGateway/NXDNGateway /opt/NXDNGateway/NXDNGateway.ini