diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index a0875b7447..9e74e49dc8 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--enable-systemd \
 	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
 RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
-else
-RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-systemd
 endif
 
 define RSYSLOG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV