diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
index 761296bba..2450411e4 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/rc.conf.d
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 syslog_ng_enable="YES"
-syslog_ng_pid="/var/run/syslog-ng.pid"
 syslog_ng_skip="YES"