diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs b/src/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs
index ac8730ce2..69ec0a4f8 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ foreach ((new OPNsense\Syslog\Syslog())->destinations->destination->iterateItems
             if ($cert_refid == (string)$cert->refid) {
                 file_put_contents("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{$dest_key}.key", base64_decode((string)$cert->prv));
                 file_put_contents("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{$dest_key}.crt", base64_decode((string)$cert->crt));
-                $cert = (array)$cert;
-                $ca = ca_chain($cert);
-                file_put_contents("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{$dest_key}.ca", (string)$ca);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ foreach ((new OPNsense\Syslog\Syslog())->destinations->destination->iterateItems
 foreach (glob("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/*") as $filename) {
     $instance = explode(".", basename($filename))[0];
     $ext = pathinfo($filename)['extension'];
-    if (!in_array($instance, $instances) && in_array($ext, ['crt', 'key', 'ca'])) {
+    if (!in_array($instance, $instances) && in_array($ext, ['crt', 'key'])) {
         unlink($filename);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-destinations.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-destinations.conf
index 5c0c8569f..ca3a9db55 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-destinations.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-destinations.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ destination d_{{dest_key}} {
         ip-protocol({{destination.transport[3]}})
         persist-name("{{dest_key}}")
         tls(
-                ca-file("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{{dest_key}}.ca")
+                ca-file("/etc/ssl/cert.pem")
                 key-file("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{{dest_key}}.key")
                 cert-file("/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/cert.d/{{dest_key}}.crt")
         )