diff --git a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
index de4021b226b2fd9cca40dae7cd7a52be2428f8a1..6ef9564d50bd31fce51d7d49bc7b1f49782dda27 100644
--- a/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
+++ b/manifests/syslog/config/rsyslog.pp
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ define base::syslog::config::rsyslog(
 ) {
 
   if !$use_syslog_conf {
-    file {
-      '/etc/syslog.conf':
-        ensure => absent;
-      '/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf':
-        ensure  => present,
-        source  => 'puppet:///modules/base/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf',
-        owner   => $owner,
-        group   => $group,
-        mode    => $mode;
+    file {'/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf':
+      ensure  => present,
+      source  => 'puppet:///modules/base/syslog/etc/rsyslog.d/90-local.conf',
+      owner   => $owner,
+      group   => $group,
+      mode    => $mode;
     }
   }