diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96661f68e..704e760bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ all:
 CORE_ABI?=	20.7
 CORE_PHP?=	72
 CORE_PYTHON?=	37
-CORE_SYSLOGNG?=	3.29
 
 .if exists(${GIT}) && exists(${GITVERSION})
 . if ${CORE_ABI} == "20.7"
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		${CORE_DEPENDS_${CORE_ARCH}} \
 			squid \
 			strongswan \
 			sudo \
-			syslog-ng${CORE_SYSLOGNG:S/.//g} \
+			syslog-ng \
 			syslogd \
 			unbound \
 			wpa_supplicant \