diff --git a/states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2 b/states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
index 9e21975..767b62e 100644
--- a/states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
+++ b/states/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ $FileOwner root
 $FileGroup adm
 $FileCreateMode 0640
 $DirCreateMode 0755
-$PrivDropToUser syslog
-$PrivDropToGroup syslog
 $UDPServerRun 514
 $Umask 0022