diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 8b720b30b8..d0bbd3fd6e 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_LOGGING_SCRIPT
 	if grep -q CONFIG_SYSLOGD=y $(@D)/.config; then \
 		$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/busybox/S01logging \
 			$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01logging; \
-	else rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S01logging; fi
+	fi
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_BUSYBOX),y)