diff --git a/unit-files/backup-u@.service b/unit-files/backup-u@.service
index e55ecef784b8ac87eb08c1d21006a589e31b1f9b..50042033bc1fa712ad114235cf0b0a9b17cfca75 100644
--- a/unit-files/backup-u@.service
+++ b/unit-files/backup-u@.service
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Description=Back up data from %i
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 TimeoutStartSec=0
-Nice=0
 WorkingDirectory=/data/domains/%i/
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -euxc 'sleep `shuf -i 0-400 -n 1`'
diff --git a/unit-files/backup@.service b/unit-files/backup@.service
index 436243a86c5091fddbb352d1f4eb1e011ff7f7a6..e90a065b93bfcfd258025fac8a12919a32b4572f 100644
--- a/unit-files/backup@.service
+++ b/unit-files/backup@.service
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Description=Back up data from %i
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 TimeoutStartSec=0
-Nice=0
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run --rm -v /opt/bin:/opt/bin ibuildthecloud/systemd-docker
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker kill mysqldump-%i