diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
index c6c59da69f..ff181372b6 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SYSKLOGD_CONF_OPTS += --without-logger
 endif
 
 define SYSKLOGD_INSTALL_SAMPLE_CONFIG
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 package/sysklogd/syslog.conf \
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/syslog.conf \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/syslog.conf
 endef
 
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/syslog.conf b/package/sysklogd/syslog.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 411bd645ff..0000000000
--- a/package/sysklogd/syslog.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/syslog.conf - Configuration file for syslogd
-
-auth,authpriv.*		/var/log/auth.log
-*.*;auth,authpriv.none	/var/log/messages
-user.*			/var/log/user.log
-
-*.emerg			*
-
-include /etc/syslog.d/*.conf