diff --git a/src/service/monit.service b/src/service/monit.service
index 3cccc76..cfe8549 100644
--- a/src/service/monit.service
+++ b/src/service/monit.service
@@ -12,25 +12,5 @@ ExecReload=/usr/bin/monit reload
 Restart=on-abnormal
 StandardOutput=null
 
-# hardening options
-#  details: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html
-CapabilityBoundingSet=~CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-LockPersonality=true
-MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
-NoNewPrivileges=true
-PrivateTmp=true
-ProtectClock=true
-ProtectControlGroups=true
-ProtectHome=yes
-ProtectHostname=true
-ProtectKernelLogs=true
-ProtectKernelModules=true
-ProtectKernelTunables=true
-ProtectSystem=strict
-ReadWritePaths=/run/ /var/lib/monit/ /var/log/ /etc/tedge/ /opt/tedge-monit/
-RestrictRealtime=true
-RestrictSUIDSGID=true
-SystemCallArchitectures=native
-
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target