diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2 b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
index 3ea34e030c..cd56ab7021 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Restart=on-failure
 User=mirrormanager
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/podman stop -t 1 %n
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/podman rm %n --force
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-pid /%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-cid
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /%t/%n-pid /%t/%n-cid
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
-            --conmon-pidfile /%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-pid \
-            --cidfile /%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-cid \
+            --conmon-pidfile /%t/%n-pid \
+            --cidfile /%t/%n-cid \
             --net=host --userns=keep-id \
             --rm=true --name %n \
             -v /usr/share/GeoIP:/usr/share/GeoIP \
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
                  --port 1808{{ item }} \
                  --listen 127.0.0.1 \
                  -l /var/log/mirrormanager/%n.log
-ExecStop=/usr/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/podman rm -f `cat /%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-cid`"
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/podman rm -f `cat /%t/%n-cid`"
 KillMode=none
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/%t/run/{{ mirrormanager_uid }}/%n-pid
+PIDFile=/%t/%n-pid
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target