diff --git a/nodepool/elements/initialize-urandom/init-scripts/systemd/initialize-urandom.service b/nodepool/elements/initialize-urandom/init-scripts/systemd/initialize-urandom.service
index a476c4d293..cc4489e9b3 100644
--- a/nodepool/elements/initialize-urandom/init-scripts/systemd/initialize-urandom.service
+++ b/nodepool/elements/initialize-urandom/init-scripts/systemd/initialize-urandom.service
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Quickly initialize the nonblocking kernel random number generator at boot.
-After=network.target
 Before=network-pre.target
 Wants=network-pre.target