Only in fwupd-1.2.9.new: output
diff -ru fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-tool.c fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-tool.c
--- fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-tool.c	2019-05-20 13:17:42.000000000 +0300
+++ fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-tool.c	2019-06-07 14:50:24.112996194 +0300
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@
 {
 	g_autoptr(GError) error_local = NULL;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
 	if (!fu_systemd_unit_stop (fu_util_get_systemd_unit (), &error_local))
 		g_debug ("Failed top stop daemon: %s", error_local->message);
+#endif
 	if (!fu_engine_load (priv->engine, flags, error))
 		return FALSE;
 	if (fu_engine_get_tainted (priv->engine)) {
diff -ru fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-util-common.c fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-util-common.c
--- fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-util-common.c	2019-05-20 13:17:42.000000000 +0300
+++ fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-util-common.c	2019-06-07 14:52:03.371845913 +0300
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
 #include "fu-systemd.h"
-#endif
 
 #define SYSTEMD_FWUPD_UNIT		"fwupd.service"
 #define SYSTEMD_SNAP_FWUPD_UNIT		"snap.fwupd.fwupd.service"
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
+#endif
 
 void
 fu_util_print_data (const gchar *title, const gchar *msg)
diff -ru fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-util.c fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-util.c
--- fwupd-1.2.9/src/fu-util.c	2019-05-20 13:17:42.000000000 +0300
+++ fwupd-1.2.9.new/src/fu-util.c	2019-06-07 14:53:13.841029263 +0300
@@ -2122,7 +2122,11 @@
 		if (!fu_util_prompt_for_boolean (FALSE))
 			return TRUE;
 	}
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
 	return fu_systemd_unit_stop (fu_util_get_systemd_unit (), error);
+#else
+	return TRUE;
+#endif
 }
 
 static void