diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 1e04c8977..7c9c10ae9 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 9 June 2016: Wouter
 	- Trunk is called 1.5.10 (with previous fixes already in there to 2
 	  june).
+	- Revert fix for NetworkService account on windows due to breakage
+	  it causes.
 
 7 June 2016: Ralph
 	- Lookup localzones by taglist from acl.
diff --git a/winrc/w_inst.c b/winrc/w_inst.c
index a9f1defa1..023490631 100644
--- a/winrc/w_inst.c
+++ b/winrc/w_inst.c
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ wsvc_install(FILE* out, const char* rename)
                 NULL, /* no load ordering group */
                 NULL, /* no tag identifier */
                 NULL, /* no deps */
-		(LPCTSTR)"NT AUTHORITY\\NetworkService", /* network service account with restricted rights */
-                "" /* no password (must be an empty string) */
+		NULL, /* on LocalSystem */
+		NULL /* no password */
                 );
         if(!sv) {
                 CloseServiceHandle(scm);