diff --git a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
index 4acabfba0e049286f7a4ad5d7ca7f025ba09517d..d8a63be4e978ce4c096918fe2ec8dafedf453eaa 100644
--- a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
+++ b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ define base::syslog::config::rsyslog(
   if $source {
     $template = undef
   } else {
-    if $use_syslog_conf {
-      $template = template('base/syslog/rsyslog.conf.erb')
-    } else {
-      $template = template('base/syslog/rsyslog-nosyslog.conf.erb')
+    $template = template('base/syslog/rsyslog.conf.erb')
+    if !$use_syslog_conf {
       file {
         '/etc/syslog.conf':
           ensure => absent;