diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index 43f9e184ef..f32a5e891a 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ start() {
     chmod 0644 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole.log
     # Chown database files to the user FTL runs as. We ignore errors as the files may not (yet) exist
     chown pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db /etc/pihole/gravity.db 2> /dev/null
-    echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a lo.piholeFTL
     if setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_NET_RAW,CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip "$(which pihole-FTL)"; then
       su -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL" "$FTLUSER"
     else
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ start() {
 # Stop the service
 stop() {
   if is_running; then
-    /sbin/resolvconf -d lo.piholeFTL
     kill "$(get_pid)"
     for i in {1..5}; do
       if ! is_running; then