diff --git a/debian/bin/restart.sh b/debian/bin/restart.sh
index be5ca2c8bd..4847b918be 100755
--- a/debian/bin/restart.sh
+++ b/debian/bin/restart.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ echo "Detected service control platform '$cmd'; using it to restart Jellyfin..."
 case $cmd in
     'systemctl')
         # Without systemd-run here, `jellyfin.service`'s shutdown terminates this process too
-        $sudo_command systemd-run --scope systemctl restart jellyfin
+        $sudo_command systemd-run systemctl restart jellyfin
         ;;
     'service')
         echo "sleep 0.5; $sudo_command service jellyfin start" | at now
diff --git a/debian/conf/jellyfin-sudoers b/debian/conf/jellyfin-sudoers
index 01e90322be..f84e7454ff 100644
--- a/debian/conf/jellyfin-sudoers
+++ b/debian/conf/jellyfin-sudoers
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_SYSV = /sbin/service jellyfin restart, /usr/sbin/service jellyfin restart
 Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_SYSV = /sbin/service jellyfin start, /usr/sbin/service jellyfin start
 Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_SYSV = /sbin/service jellyfin stop, /usr/sbin/service jellyfin stop
-Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl restart jellyfin
-Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl start jellyfin
-Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl stop jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl restart jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl start jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl stop jellyfin
 Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_INITD = /etc/init.d/jellyfin restart
 Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_INITD = /etc/init.d/jellyfin start
 Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_INITD = /etc/init.d/jellyfin stop
diff --git a/fedora/jellyfin.sudoers b/fedora/jellyfin.sudoers
index 5a7054e992..57a9e7b671 100644
--- a/fedora/jellyfin.sudoers
+++ b/fedora/jellyfin.sudoers
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Allow jellyfin group to start, stop and restart itself
-Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl restart jellyfin
-Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl start jellyfin
-Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run --scope systemctl stop jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias RESTARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl restart jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias STARTSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl start jellyfin
+Cmnd_Alias STOPSERVER_SYSTEMD = /usr/bin/systemd-run systemctl stop jellyfin
 
 jellyfin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: RESTARTSERVER_SYSTEMD
 jellyfin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: STARTSERVER_SYSTEMD
diff --git a/fedora/restart.sh b/fedora/restart.sh
index be5ca2c8bd..4847b918be 100755
--- a/fedora/restart.sh
+++ b/fedora/restart.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ echo "Detected service control platform '$cmd'; using it to restart Jellyfin..."
 case $cmd in
     'systemctl')
         # Without systemd-run here, `jellyfin.service`'s shutdown terminates this process too
-        $sudo_command systemd-run --scope systemctl restart jellyfin
+        $sudo_command systemd-run systemctl restart jellyfin
         ;;
     'service')
         echo "sleep 0.5; $sudo_command service jellyfin start" | at now