diff --git a/files/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/20-templates.conf b/files/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/20-templates.conf
index 74633b5982aa3a4e15acbd21ee6f527dfbc26dfe..d46207c52bfe487163ef24568314c03f0b271215 100644
--- a/files/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/20-templates.conf
+++ b/files/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/20-templates.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ template(name="FileFormat" type="list") {
     property(name="hostname")
     constant(value=" ")
     property(name="syslogtag")
-    constant(value=" ")
     property(name="msg" spifno1stsp="on" )
     property(name="msg" droplastlf="on" )
     constant(value="\n")
diff --git a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
index 0f56500ef64b811b998a0819c67cff187b978bb6..32fb798b1b8dedacb5860943d644a23a3eff467a 100644
--- a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
+++ b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ define base::syslog::config::rsyslog(
   $mode            = '0644',
   $syslog_server   = 'logsink.stanford.edu',
   $replace         = true,
-  $use_syslog_conf = false,
+  $use_syslog_conf = true,
   $use_default     = true,
   $use_v5          = true,
 ) {