diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 68cc747..0279006 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 - name: Reload the systemd daemon
   command: "systemctl daemon-reload"
   when:
-    - pid1_name == "systemd"
+    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
 
 - name: Restart memcached
   service:
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ac32372..a384b97 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,18 +24,6 @@
   tags:
     - always
 
-- name: Check init system
-  command: cat /proc/1/comm
-  register: _pid1_name
-  tags:
-    - always
-
-- name: Set the name of pid1
-  set_fact:
-    pid1_name: "{{ _pid1_name.stdout }}"
-  tags:
-    - always
-
 - include: memcached_install.yml
   tags:
     - memcached-install
diff --git a/tasks/memcached_config.yml b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
index 67f489a..cebad26 100644
--- a/tasks/memcached_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     owner: "root"
     mode: "0755"
   when:
-    - pid1_name == "systemd"
+    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
 
 - name: Apply resource limits (upstart)
   template:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     mode: "0644"
   when:
     - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-    - pid1_name != "systemd"
+    - ansible_service_mgr != 'systemd'
     - memcached_connections > 1024
   notify: Restart memcached
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"
   when:
-    - pid1_name == "systemd"
+    - ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
     - memcached_connections > 1024
   notify:
     - Reload the systemd daemon