diff --git a/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm b/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm
index 9cd93d5..8d3b3c1 100644
--- a/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm
+++ b/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm
@@ -52,16 +52,12 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 
 my $verbose = 0;
 
-openlog('cassandane', '', LOG_LOCAL6)
-    or die "Cannot openlog";
-
 sub xlog
 {
     my ($pkg, $file, $line) = caller;
     $pkg =~ s/^Cassandane:://;
     my $msg = "=====> " . $pkg . "[" . $line . "] " . join(' ', @_);
     print STDERR "$msg\n";
-    syslog(LOG_ERR, "$msg");
 }
 
 sub set_verbose