diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24cbc6f3b..5f7473c65 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		ca_root_nss \
 			strongswan \
 			sudo \
 			syslog-ng \
-			syslogd \
 			unbound \
 			wpa_supplicant \
 			zip \
diff --git a/plist b/plist
index 1d0036d4e..cc10db003 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/sources/001-local.conf
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-config-events.conf
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-destinations.conf
-/usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-local.conf
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-lockout.conf
 /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng.conf
diff --git a/src/etc/config.xml.sample b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
index 619150ab1..73f49399a 100644
--- a/src/etc/config.xml.sample
+++ b/src/etc/config.xml.sample
@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@
     <syscontact/>
     <rocommunity>public</rocommunity>
   </snmpd>
-  <syslog>
-    <disable_clog>1</disable_clog>
-    <reverse/>
-  </syslog>
   <nat>
     <outbound>
       <mode>automatic</mode>
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
index 6cd68673c..83a6251fc 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ function plugins_cron()
     return $jobs;
 }
 
+/**
+ * list of known applications for syslog-ng to use
+ * Only to be used to register syslog-ng custom destinations (facility is program in syslog-ng's context)
+ */
 function plugins_syslog()
 {
     $syslogs = array();
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/core.inc b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/core.inc
index 0509607ca..cf6e45d7d 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/core.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/core.inc
@@ -105,19 +105,6 @@ function core_services()
         'name' => 'cron',
     );
 
-    if (empty($config['syslog']['disable_clog'])) {
-        $services[] = array(
-            'description' => gettext('Legacy Syslog Daemon'),
-            'php' => array(
-                "stop" => array('system_syslogd_stop'),
-                "start" => array('system_syslogd_start'),
-                "restart" => array('system_syslogd_start')
-            ),
-            'pidfile' => '/var/run/syslog.pid',
-            'name' => 'syslogd',
-        );
-    }
-
     $services[] = array(
         'description' => gettext('Syslog-ng Daemon'),
         'php' => array(
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index eebd517a5..5941a3066 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -610,99 +610,16 @@ function system_syslogd_start($verbose = false, $restart = false, $async = false
     }
 
     if ($async) {
-        configd_run('syslog restart');
-
-        if ($verbose) {
-            echo "done.\n";
-        }
-
-        return;
-    }
-
-    configd_run('template reload OPNsense/Syslog');
-
-    if (empty($config['syslog']['disable_clog'])) {
-        $syslogcfg = config_read_array('syslog');
-
-        $log_directive = '%';
-        $syslogd_extra = '';
-
-        $syslogconf = '';
-
-        $syslogconfs = array();
-
-        foreach (plugins_syslog() as $plugin_name => $plugin_details) {
-            $syslogconfs[$plugin_name] = $plugin_details;
-        }
-
-        $separatelogfacilities = array();
-        foreach ($syslogconfs as $logTopic => $logConfig) {
-            $syslogconf .= "!" . implode(',', $logConfig['facility']) . "\n";
-            $separatelogfacilities = array_merge($logConfig['facility'], $separatelogfacilities);
-            if (!isset($syslogcfg['disablelocallogging'])) {
-                $syslogconf .= "*.*                {$log_directive}/var/log/{$logTopic}.log\n";
-            }
-        }
-        $syslogd_extra .= '-p /var/run/legacy_log -S /var/run/legacy_logpriv -k -s -s ';
-
-        asort($separatelogfacilities);
-        $facilitylist = implode(',', array_unique($separatelogfacilities));
-        $syslogconf .= "!-{$facilitylist}\n";
-        if (!isset($syslogcfg['disablelocallogging'])) {
-            /* XXX non-system local redirects look unused */
-            $syslogconf .= <<<EOD
-local3.*							{$log_directive}/var/log/vpn.log
-local4.*							{$log_directive}/var/log/portalauth.log
-local7.*							{$log_directive}/var/log/dhcpd.log
-*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;daemon.none		{$log_directive}/var/log/system.log
-news.err;local0.none;local3.none;local4.none			{$log_directive}/var/log/system.log
-local7.none							{$log_directive}/var/log/system.log
-security.*							{$log_directive}/var/log/system.log
-auth.info;authpriv.info;daemon.info				{$log_directive}/var/log/system.log
-*.emerg								*
-
-EOD;
-        }
-
-        file_put_contents('/var/etc/syslog.conf', $syslogconf);
-        $syslogd_extra .= exec_safe('-f %s ', '/var/etc/syslog.conf');
-
-        // setup log files for all facilities including default
-        $default_logfile_size = !empty($syslogcfg['logfilesize']) ? $syslogcfg['logfilesize'] : '511488';
-        $syslog_files = array_keys($syslogconfs);
-        $syslog_files = array_merge($syslog_files, array('system', 'vpn'));
-        foreach ($syslog_files as $syslog_fn) {
-            $filename = "/var/log/" . basename($syslog_fn) . ".log";
-            if (!file_exists($filename)) {
-                mwexecf('/usr/local/sbin/clog -i -s %s %s', array($default_logfile_size, $filename));
-            }
-            mwexecf('chmod 0600 %s', array($filename));
-        }
-    }
-
-    // deploy certificates (separate caller in case we ever remove clog, in which case we can move all to configd)
-    mwexecf("/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs");
-    if (!empty($config['syslog']['disable_clog'])) {
-        // non legacy mode
-        killbypid('/var/run/syslog.pid', 'TERM', true);
+        // Loopback in background
+        configd_run('syslog restart', true);
+    } else {
+        configd_run('template reload OPNsense/Syslog');
+        mwexecf("/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/syslog/generate_certs");
         if (!$restart && isvalidpid('/var/run/syslog-ng.pid')) {
             mwexecf("/usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl reload");
         } else {
             mwexecf("/usr/sbin/service syslog-ng restart");
         }
-    } elseif (!$restart && isvalidpid('/var/run/syslog.pid')) {
-        killbypid('/var/run/syslog.pid', 'HUP');
-        if (isvalidpid('/var/run/syslog-ng.pid')) {
-            mwexecf("/usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl reload");
-        } else {
-            mwexecf("/usr/sbin/service syslog-ng restart");
-        }
-    } else {
-        killbypid('/var/run/syslog.pid', 'TERM', true);
-        mwexecf("/usr/sbin/service syslog-ng stop");
-        @unlink("/var/run/legacy_log");
-        mwexecf("/usr/local/sbin/syslogd -s -c -c -P %s {$syslogd_extra}", '/var/run/syslog.pid');
-        mwexecf("/usr/sbin/service syslog-ng start");
     }
 
     if ($verbose) {
@@ -711,54 +628,13 @@ EOD;
 }
 
 /**
- * stop syslog + syslog-ng
+ * stop syslog-ng
  */
 function system_syslogd_stop()
 {
-    killbypid('/var/run/syslog.pid', 'TERM', true);
     mwexecf("/usr/sbin/service syslog-ng stop");
 }
 
-function system_clear_log($logfile, $restart_syslogd = true)
-{
-    if ($restart_syslogd) {
-        killbyname('syslogd');
-    }
-
-    foreach (glob($logfile . '.*') as $rotated) {
-        @unlink($rotated);
-    }
-
-    /* preserve file ownership and permissions */
-    if (file_exists($logfile)) {
-        $handle = fopen($logfile, 'r+');
-        if ($handle) {
-            ftruncate($handle, 0);
-            fclose($handle);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ($restart_syslogd) {
-        system_syslogd_start();
-    }
-}
-
-function system_clear_clog($logfile, $restart_syslogd = true)
-{
-    if ($restart_syslogd) {
-        killbyname('syslogd');
-    }
-
-    $syslogcfg = config_read_array('syslog');
-
-    $log_size = isset($syslogcfg['logfilesize']) ? $syslogcfg['logfilesize'] : '511488';
-    mwexecf('/usr/local/sbin/clog -i -s %s %s', array($log_size, $logfile));
-
-    if ($restart_syslogd) {
-        system_syslogd_start();
-    }
-}
-
 /*
  *     get_memory()
  *     returns an array listing the amount of
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/systemhealth/clearlog b/src/opnsense/scripts/systemhealth/clearlog
index fb3715f0c..ebdde919e 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/systemhealth/clearlog
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/systemhealth/clearlog
@@ -59,16 +59,17 @@ if (isset($opts['m']) && isset($opts['f'])) {
     }
 
     if (is_file($filename)) {
-        $size = filesize($filename);
-        $handle = fopen($filename, "r");
-        fseek($handle, $size-20);
-        $is_clog = fread($handle,4) == 'CLOG';
-        fclose($handle);
-        if ($is_clog) {
-            system_clear_clog($filename);
-        } else {
-            system_clear_log($filename);
+        /* preserve file ownership and permissions
+           XXX: not sure if this is still needed, at least it's not consistent with how directories are reset now.
+         */
+        if (file_exists($filename)) {
+            $handle = fopen($filename, 'r+');
+            if ($handle) {
+                ftruncate($handle, 0);
+                fclose($handle);
+            }
         }
+        system_syslogd_start();
         // XXX: should probably add some plugin hook for this.
         if ($fname == 'dhcpd' && $mname == 'core') {
             plugins_configure('dhcp');
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/+TARGETS b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/+TARGETS
index 40a96ee25..1a837a150 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/+TARGETS
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/+TARGETS
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 rc.conf.d:/etc/rc.conf.d/syslog_ng
 newsyslog.conf:/etc/newsyslog.conf
 syslog-ng.conf:/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf
-syslog-ng-legacy.conf:/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.d/legacy.conf
 syslog-ng-destinations.conf:/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.d/syslog-ng-destinations.conf
 syslog-ng-local.conf:/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.d/syslog-ng-local.conf
 syslog-ng-lockout.conf:/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf.d/syslog-ng-lockout.conf
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index fd9000160..000000000
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-legacy.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#
-# OPNsense legacy log target
-# send all received local events to platform standard syslogd
-#
-
-{% if helpers.empty('syslog.disable_clog') %}
-destination legacy_dst {
-    unix-dgram("/var/run/legacy_log" flags(syslog-protocol));
-};
-
-log {
-    source(s_all);
-    destination(legacy_dst);
-};
-
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-local.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-local.conf
index 561d469f3..1d7d3f376 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-local.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Syslog/syslog-ng-local.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if not helpers.empty('syslog.disable_clog') and helpers.empty('syslog.disablelocallogging') %}
+{% if helpers.empty('syslog.disablelocallogging') %}
 {% set all_filters = [] %}
 {%  for sfilename in helpers.glob("OPNsense/Syslog/local/*.conf") %}{%
         include sfilename without context
diff --git a/src/www/diag_logs_settings.php b/src/www/diag_logs_settings.php
index 866f8c1da..f261e1e19 100644
--- a/src/www/diag_logs_settings.php
+++ b/src/www/diag_logs_settings.php
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ function is_valid_syslog_server($target) {
 
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'GET') {
     $pconfig = array();
-    $pconfig['disable_clog'] = isset($config['syslog']['disable_clog']);
-    $pconfig['logfilesize'] =  !empty($config['syslog']['logfilesize']) ? $config['syslog']['logfilesize'] : null;
     $pconfig['preservelogs'] =  !empty($config['syslog']['preservelogs']) ? $config['syslog']['preservelogs'] : null;
     $pconfig['logdefaultblock'] = empty($config['syslog']['nologdefaultblock']);
     $pconfig['logdefaultpass'] = empty($config['syslog']['nologdefaultpass']);
@@ -78,11 +76,6 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'GET') {
         $pconfig = $_POST;
 
         /* input validation */
-        if (!empty($pconfig['logfilesize']) && (strlen($pconfig['logfilesize']) > 0)) {
-            if (!is_numeric($pconfig['logfilesize']) || ($pconfig['logfilesize'] < 5120)) {
-                $input_errors[] = gettext("Log file size must be a positive integer greater than 5120.");
-            }
-        }
         if (!empty($pconfig['preservelogs']) && (strlen($pconfig['preservelogs']) > 0)) {
             if (!is_numeric($pconfig['preservelogs'])) {
                 $input_errors[] = gettext("Preserve logs must be a positive integer value.");
@@ -93,12 +86,6 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'GET') {
             if (empty($config['syslog'])) {
                 $config['syslog'] = array();
             }
-            $config['syslog']['disable_clog'] = !empty($pconfig['disable_clog']);
-            if (isset($_POST['logfilesize']) && (strlen($pconfig['logfilesize']) > 0)) {
-                $config['syslog']['logfilesize'] = (int)$pconfig['logfilesize'];
-            } elseif (isset($config['syslog']['logfilesize'])) {
-                unset($config['syslog']['logfilesize']);
-            }
             if (isset($_POST['preservelogs']) && (strlen($pconfig['preservelogs']) > 0)) {
                 $config['syslog']['preservelogs'] = (int)$pconfig['preservelogs'];
             } elseif (isset($config['syslog']['preservelogs'])) {
@@ -171,17 +158,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                 }]
         });
     });
-
-    $("#disable_clog").change(function(){
-        if ($(this).is(":checked")) {
-            $("#preservelogs").prop("disabled", false).closest("tr").removeClass("hidden");
-            $("#logfilesize").prop("disabled", true).closest("tr").addClass("hidden");
-        } else {
-            $("#preservelogs").prop("disabled", true).closest("tr").addClass("hidden");
-            $("#logfilesize").prop("disabled", false).closest("tr").removeClass("hidden");
-        }
-    });
-    $("#disable_clog").change();
 });
 
 //]]>
@@ -212,15 +188,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     </td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
-                    <td><a id="help_for_circular_logs" href="#" class="showhelp"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></a> <?=gettext("Disable circular logs");?></td>
-                    <td>
-                      <input name="disable_clog" type="checkbox" id="disable_clog" value="yes" <?=!empty($pconfig['disable_clog']) ? "checked=\"checked\"" : ""; ?> />
-                      <div class="hidden" data-for="help_for_circular_logs">
-                        <?=gettext("Disable legacy circular logging");?>
-                      </div>
-                    </td>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr class="hidden">
                     <td><a id="help_for_preservelogs" href="#" class="showhelp"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></a> <?=gettext('Preserve logs (Days)') ?></td>
                     <td>
                       <input name="preservelogs" id="preservelogs" type="text" value="<?=$pconfig['preservelogs'];?>" />
@@ -229,20 +196,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                       </div>
                     </td>
                   </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td><a id="help_for_logfilesize" href="#" class="showhelp"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></a> <?=gettext('Log File Size (Bytes)') ?></td>
-                    <td>
-                      <input name="logfilesize" id="logfilesize" type="text" value="<?=$pconfig['logfilesize'];?>" />
-                      <div class="hidden" data-for="help_for_logfilesize">
-                        <?=gettext("Logs are held in constant-size circular log files. This field controls how large each log file is, and thus how many entries may exist inside the log. By default this is approximately 500KB per log file, and there are nearly 20 such log files.") ?>
-                        <br /><br />
-                        <?=gettext("NOTE: Log sizes are changed the next time a log file is cleared or deleted. To immediately increase the size of the log files, you must first save the options to set the size, then clear all logs using the \"Reset Log Files\" option farther down this page. "); ?>
-                        <?=gettext("Be aware that increasing this value increases every log file size, so disk usage will increase significantly."); ?>
-                        <?=gettext("Disk space currently used by log files: ") ?><?= exec("/usr/bin/du -sh /var/log | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1;}'"); ?>.
-                        <?=gettext("Remaining disk space for log files: ") ?><?= exec("/bin/df -h /var/log | /usr/bin/awk '{print $4;}'"); ?>.
-                      </div>
-                    </td>
-                  </tr>
                   <tr>
                     <td><a id="help_for_logdefaultblock" href="#" class="showhelp"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></a> <?=gettext('Log Firewall Default Blocks') ?></td>
                     <td>