diff --git a/data/templates/rsyslog/logrotate.j2 b/data/templates/rsyslog/logrotate.j2
index ea33fea4f..b9689a1cf 100644
--- a/data/templates/rsyslog/logrotate.j2
+++ b/data/templates/rsyslog/logrotate.j2
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
 ### Autogenerated by system_syslog.py ###
 /var/log/messages {
   missingok
   notifempty
   create
   rotate 5
   size=256k
-  postrotate
-    invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
-  endscript
 }
 
 {% if file is vyos_defined %}
 {%     for file_name, file_options in file.items() %}
 /var/log/user/{{ file_name }} {
   missingok
   notifempty
   create
   rotate {{ file_options.archive.file }}
   size={{ file_options.archive.size | int // 1024 }}k
-  postrotate
-    invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
-  endscript
 }
 
 {%     endfor %}
 {% endif %}