diff --git a/src/basic/memfd-util.c b/src/basic/memfd-util.c
index c4e36b0ad4..e21514fa9e 100644
--- a/src/basic/memfd-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/memfd-util.c
@@ -92,15 +92,9 @@ int memfd_map(int fd, uint64_t offset, size_t size, void **p) {
 }
 
 int memfd_set_sealed(int fd) {
-        int r;
-
         assert(fd >= 0);
 
-        r = RET_NERRNO(fcntl(fd, F_ADD_SEALS, F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_WRITE | F_SEAL_EXEC | F_SEAL_SEAL));
-        if (r == -EINVAL) /* old kernel ? */
-                r = RET_NERRNO(fcntl(fd, F_ADD_SEALS, F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_WRITE | F_SEAL_SEAL));
-
-        return r;
+        return RET_NERRNO(fcntl(fd, F_ADD_SEALS, F_SEAL_SEAL | F_SEAL_SHRINK | F_SEAL_GROW | F_SEAL_WRITE));
 }
 
 int memfd_get_sealed(int fd) {