diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5a066402038dd4d01fd0edd4c37193dc2b8aac96..7ee4f50e8b1396e7ff4a0a4313db42bcc7e5039e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+release/001.014 (2016-03-11)
+
+    When ensuring 'absent' also remove the audisp-simplify newsyslog
+    configuration. (adamhl)
+
 release/001.013 (2015-10-20)
 
     Changing module 'absent' behavior: purge packages so that
diff --git a/manifests/auditd.pp b/manifests/auditd.pp
index b27142c033c8e43c59dfb215c4bd1cd37068b7b7..bd07d156e0df7ed9fd60d9b49ac473f0bf127059 100644
--- a/manifests/auditd.pp
+++ b/manifests/auditd.pp
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ define audit::auditd (
         '/etc/audisp/audispd.conf':             ensure => absent;
         '/etc/filter-syslog/auditd-wheezy':     ensure => absent;
         '/etc/cron.d/auditd-restart':           ensure => absent;
+        '/etc/newsyslog.daily/audisp-simplify': ensure => absent;
       }
     }