diff --git a/sysalert/email.py b/sysalert/email.py
index 5d6fd80..ec22478 100644
--- a/sysalert/email.py
+++ b/sysalert/email.py
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
 import email
 import smtplib
 import socket
-import subprocess
 
 import systemd.journal
 
-def _get_status(name):
-    cmd = ['/usr/bin/systemctl', 'status', name]
-    
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(
-	    cmd,
-	    stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    out, err = proc.communicate()
-    out = out.decode('utf-8')
-    return out
-
 def _send_email(subject, message, config):
     mail = email.message.EmailMessage()
     hostname = socket.getfqdn()
@@ -44,9 +33,6 @@ def success(name, failures, config):
     subject=f'{hostname} - {name}: recovery'
     message=f"""
 {name} has recovered after {nr_failures} failures.
-Current status:
-
-{cur_status}
 """
     _send_email(subject, message, config)
 
@@ -72,11 +58,6 @@ def failure(name, failures, config):
         subject=f"{hostname} - {name}: failure"
         message=f"""
 New failure for {name}.
-Current status:
-
-{cur_status}
-
-
 Latest journal log:
 
 {journal_txt}
@@ -85,11 +66,6 @@ Latest journal log:
         subject=f"{hostname} - {name}: {nr_failures} failures"
         message=f"""
 {nr_failures} failures for {name} ({prev_failures} since last notification).
-Current status:
-
-{cur_status}
-
-
 Latest journal log:
 
 {journal_txt}