Addendum: This is no more needed: # rm -r /usr/lib/policykit-1
After applied the above diff run: # systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl restart polkit.service # systemctl status polkit.service ● polkit.service - Authorization Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-07-17 05:35:17 CEST; 9s ago Docs: man:polkit(8) Main PID: 2858 (polkitd) Tasks: 4 (limit: 9395) Memory: 5.3M CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service └─2858 /usr/libexec/polkitd --no-debug Jul 17 05:35:17 iniza systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager... Jul 17 05:35:17 iniza polkitd[2858]: started daemon version 0.105 using authority implementation `local' version `0.105' Jul 17 05:35:17 iniza systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager. - Sedat -