diff --git a/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.conf.in b/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.conf.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 13157bc..0000000
--- a/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.conf.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
- "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
- "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
-<busconfig>
-  <policy user="root">
-    <allow own="org.kde.GameCenter1"/>
-  </policy>
-
-  <policy context="default">
-    <allow send_destination="org.kde.GameCenter1"/>
-    <allow receive_sender="org.kde.GameCenter1"/>
-  </policy>
-</busconfig>
diff --git a/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in b/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de095c..0000000
--- a/src/gamecenter/dbus/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[D-BUS Service]
-Name=org.kde.GameCenter1
-Exec=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/alakarte-gamecenter --system
-SystemdService=org.kde.GameCenter1.service
diff --git a/src/gamecenter/systemd/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in b/src/gamecenter/systemd/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 971a621..0000000
--- a/src/gamecenter/systemd/org.kde.GameCenter1.system.service.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=A-La-Karte Game Center
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@KDE_INSTALL_BINDIR@/alakarte-gamecenter --system
-Type=dbus
-BusName=org.kde.GameCenter1
-Restart=no
diff --git a/src/gamelauncher.cpp b/src/gamelauncher.cpp
index 217daae..f6fa0c2 100644
--- a/src/gamelauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/gamelauncher.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ static QStringList steamCandidateRoots()
 GameLauncher::GameLauncher(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
     , m_daemonAvailable(false)
-    , m_usingSystemBus(false)
 {
     if (auto *app = qobject_cast<App *>(parent)) {
         connect(app->gameModel(), &GameModel::countChanged, this, [this]() {
@@ -557,10 +556,7 @@ void GameLauncher::launchGame(Game *game)
 
     // Always try daemon first — for all launch types
     {
-        QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService,
-                             kGameCenterPath,
-                             kGameCenterInterface,
-                             m_usingSystemBus ? QDBusConnection::systemBus() : QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+        QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService, kGameCenterPath, kGameCenterInterface, QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
         QVariantMap launchSpec = {
             {QStringLiteral("command"), launchCommand},
             {QStringLiteral("gameId"), game->id()},
@@ -631,10 +627,7 @@ void GameLauncher::stopGame(Game *game)
         return;
     }
 
-    QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService,
-                         kGameCenterPath,
-                         kGameCenterInterface,
-                         m_usingSystemBus ? QDBusConnection::systemBus() : QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+    QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService, kGameCenterPath, kGameCenterInterface, QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
     iface.call(QStringLiteral("StopByGameId"), game->id());
 }
 
@@ -765,10 +758,7 @@ void GameLauncher::onDaemonLaunchFailed(const QVariantMap &error)
 
 void GameLauncher::syncDaemonSessions()
 {
-    QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService,
-                         kGameCenterPath,
-                         kGameCenterInterface,
-                         m_usingSystemBus ? QDBusConnection::systemBus() : QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+    QDBusInterface iface(kGameCenterService, kGameCenterPath, kGameCenterInterface, QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
 
     const QDBusReply<QVariantList> reply = iface.call(QStringLiteral("ListSessions"));
     if (!reply.isValid()) {
@@ -805,28 +795,14 @@ void GameLauncher::applyRunningStateToLibrary()
 
 void GameLauncher::checkDaemonAvailability()
 {
-    const bool systemAvailable = pingDaemon(QDBusConnection::systemBus());
-    const bool sessionAvailable = systemAvailable ? false : pingDaemon(QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
-    const bool available = systemAvailable || sessionAvailable;
-    const bool useSystemBus = systemAvailable;
+    const bool available = pingDaemon(QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
 
-    disconnectDaemonSignals(QDBusConnection::systemBus(), this);
     disconnectDaemonSignals(QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), this);
 
     if (available) {
-        connectDaemonSignals(useSystemBus ? QDBusConnection::systemBus() : QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), this);
+        connectDaemonSignals(QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), this);
     }
 
-    const bool busChanged = m_usingSystemBus != useSystemBus;
-    if (busChanged) {
-        m_daemonGameToSession.clear();
-        m_daemonSessionToGame.clear();
-        Q_EMIT runningGamesChanged();
-        applyRunningStateToLibrary();
-    }
-
-    m_usingSystemBus = useSystemBus;
-
     if (available != m_daemonAvailable) {
         m_daemonAvailable = available;
         Q_EMIT daemonAvailableChanged();
diff --git a/src/gamelauncher.h b/src/gamelauncher.h
index 80415b5..a4eddee 100644
--- a/src/gamelauncher.h
+++ b/src/gamelauncher.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ private:
     QHash<QString, QString> m_daemonGameToSession;
     QHash<QString, QString> m_daemonSessionToGame;
     bool m_daemonAvailable = false;
-    bool m_usingSystemBus = false;
 
     void checkDaemonAvailability();
     void syncDaemonSessions();
diff --git a/src/krunner/alakarterunner.cpp b/src/krunner/alakarterunner.cpp
index c28f734..febaaac 100644
--- a/src/krunner/alakarterunner.cpp
+++ b/src/krunner/alakarterunner.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void AlakarteRunner::run(const KRunner::RunnerContext &context, const KRunner::Q
             {QStringLiteral("origin"), QStringLiteral("krunner")},
         };
 
-        if (launchViaDaemon(QDBusConnection::systemBus(), launchSpec) || launchViaDaemon(QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), launchSpec)) {
+        if (launchViaDaemon(QDBusConnection::sessionBus(), launchSpec)) {
             return;
         }
     }