diff --git a/gnu/services/mcron.scm b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
index eff40e74bd..cea68beef8 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mcron.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ (define (mcron-shepherd-services config)
                             (ice-9 popen) ;for the 'schedule' action
                             (ice-9 rdelim)
                             (ice-9 match)
-                            ,(if home-service?
-                                 '((shepherd support) #:select (%user-log-dir))
-                                 '())
+                            ((shepherd support) #:select (%user-log-dir))
                             ,@%default-modules))
                  (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                            (list #$(file-append mcron "/bin/mcron")