diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng@default b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng@default
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fad00ebac..0000000000
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng@default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#
-# /etc/default/syslog-ng@default
-#
-CONFIG_FILE=/etc/syslog-ng.conf
-PERSIST_FILE=/var/run/syslog-ng.persist
-CONTROL_FILE=/var/run/syslog-ng.ctl
-PID_FILE=/var/run/syslog-ng.pid
-OTHER_OPTIONS="--enable-core"