diff --git a/Mk/defaults.mk b/Mk/defaults.mk
index 62ae0c3bf..e4fb5b0d4 100644
--- a/Mk/defaults.mk
+++ b/Mk/defaults.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ REPLACEMENTS=	CORE_ABI \
 		CORE_PRODUCT \
 		CORE_PYTHON_DOT \
 		CORE_REPOSITORY \
-		CORE_SYSLOGNG \
 		CORE_VERSION \
 		CORE_WWW
 
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
similarity index 94%
rename from src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in
rename to src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
index af2bfe01a..92b9b047e 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf.in
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-@version:%%CORE_SYSLOGNG%%
 @include "scl.conf"
 
 #