diff --git a/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in b/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
index 474284a19..6a0672352 100644
--- a/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ After=syslog.target network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork
-StandardOutput=syslog
 Restart=on-abnormal
 
 [Install]