diff --git a/src/shared/daemon-util.c b/src/shared/daemon-util.c
index dbd0de6567..321a9e58da 100644
--- a/src/shared/daemon-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/daemon-util.c
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "daemon-util.h"
+#include "errno-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
 
-static int notify_remove_fd_full(int log_level, const char *name) {
+int notify_remove_fd_warn(const char *name) {
         int r;
 
         assert(name);
@@ -19,21 +20,13 @@ static int notify_remove_fd_full(int log_level, const char *name) {
                        "FDNAME=%s", name);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_full_errno(
-                                log_level, r,
+                                ERRNO_IS_NEG_DISCONNECT(r) ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_WARNING, r,
                                 "Failed to remove file descriptor \"%s\" from the store, ignoring: %m",
                                 name);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-int notify_remove_fd(const char *name) {
-        return notify_remove_fd_full(LOG_DEBUG, name);
-}
-
-int notify_remove_fd_warn(const char *name) {
-        return notify_remove_fd_full(LOG_WARNING, name);
-}
-
 int notify_remove_fd_warnf(const char *format, ...) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL;
         va_list ap;
diff --git a/src/shared/daemon-util.h b/src/shared/daemon-util.h
index d0252a8c82..708a32985c 100644
--- a/src/shared/daemon-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/daemon-util.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ static inline void notify_on_cleanup(const char **p) {
                 (void) sd_notify(false, *p);
 }
 
-int notify_remove_fd(const char *name);
 int notify_remove_fd_warn(const char *name);
 int notify_remove_fd_warnf(const char *format, ...) _printf_(1, 2);
 int close_and_notify_warn(int fd, const char *name);
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-manager.c b/src/udev/udev-manager.c
index a38f61c0a2..46c8a85d98 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-manager.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-manager.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ int manager_main(Manager *manager) {
         /* We will start processing events in the loop below. Before starting processing, let's remove the
          * event serialization fd from the fdstore, to avoid retrieving the serialized events again in future
          * invocations. Otherwise, the serialized events may be processed multiple times. */
-        (void) notify_remove_fd("event-serialization");
+        (void) notify_remove_fd_warn("event-serialization");
 
         r = sd_event_loop(manager->event);
         if (r < 0)