diff --git a/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo/OSGI-INF/WemoHandlerFactory.xml b/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo/OSGI-INF/WemoHandlerFactory.xml
index f0a0566ae78..dfe2ea9f33b 100644
--- a/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo/OSGI-INF/WemoHandlerFactory.xml
+++ b/extensions/binding/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo/OSGI-INF/WemoHandlerFactory.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 <scr:component xmlns:scr="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/scr/v1.1.0" immediate="true" name="org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.internal.WemoHandlerFactory">
 
    <implementation class="org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.internal.WemoHandlerFactory"/>
-   <reference bind="setUpnpIOService" cardinality="1..1" interface="org.eclipse.smarthome.io.transport.upnp.UpnpIOService" name="UpnpIOService" policy="static" unbind="unsetUpnpIOService"/>
 
    <service>
       <provide interface="org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory"/>