diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index cae9bfe1cf..b2d8969089 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   # tune journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*Compress=.*$,Compress=no,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*SplitMode=.*$,SplitMode=none,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf
-  sed -e "s,^.*MaxRetentionSec=.*$,MaxRetentionSec=1day,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*RuntimeMaxUse=.*$,RuntimeMaxUse=2M,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*RuntimeMaxFileSize=.*$,RuntimeMaxFileSize=128K,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf
   sed -e "s,^.*SystemMaxUse=.*$,SystemMaxUse=10M,g" -i $INSTALL/etc/systemd/journald.conf