diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/control b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/control
index 21f0f7c2..ed93a0e8 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/control
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/control
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
  python3-all,
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-wheel,
- libsystemd-dev
 Build-Depends-Indep:
  python3-eventlet,
  python3-httplib2,
@@ -29,9 +28,8 @@ Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: sm-api
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3:any, ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
  python3-six,
- systemd,
  mtce-pmon,
  python3-eventlet,
  python3-httplib2,
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/rules b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/rules
index 0751c7b5..9c20701e 100755
--- a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/rules
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/rules
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ override_dh_install:
 	install -d $(ROOT)/etc/sm
 	install -d $(ROOT)/etc/init.d
 	install -d $(ROOT)/etc/pmon.d
-	install -d $(ROOT)/usr/lib/systemd/system/
+	install -d $(ROOT)/lib/systemd/system/
 	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sm_api.ini $(ROOT)/etc/sm
 	install -m 755 -p -D scripts/sm-api $(ROOT)/etc/init.d
-	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sm-api.service $(ROOT)/usr/lib/systemd/system/
+	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sm-api.service $(ROOT)/lib/systemd/system/
 	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sm-api.conf $(ROOT)/etc/pmon.d
 
 	dh_install
 
 override_dh_python3:
 	dh_python3 --shebang=/usr/bin/python3
+
+override_dh_installsystemd:
+	dh_installsystemd -psm-api sm-api.service
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.dirs b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.dirs
index 261519ad..5fd40004 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.dirs
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.dirs
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 etc/sm
-usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sm_api
-usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sm_api-1.0.0.egg-info
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.install b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.install
index f49c9e40..2f5f7410 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.install
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/sm-api.install
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ usr/bin/sm-api
 etc/init.d/sm-api
 etc/pmon.d/sm-api.conf
 etc/sm/sm_api.ini
-usr/lib/systemd/system/*
-usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/*
+lib/systemd/system/*
+usr/lib/python3*
+debian/systemd/00-sm-api.preset etc/systemd/system-preset
+
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-sm-api.preset b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-sm-api.preset
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ffa1354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/debian/deb_folder/systemd/00-sm-api.preset
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable sm-api.service