diff --git a/cmd/gosdn/main.go b/cmd/gosdn/main.go
index 800252d804efd745aac2b87bd45ee5ce3df6ec66..7527c7d3e71b2c3548031f90f24772174560a41c 100644
--- a/cmd/gosdn/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gosdn/main.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/log"
 	"code.fbi.h-da.de/cocsn/gosdn/nucleus"
 	"flag"
-	"log/syslog"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -18,16 +17,6 @@ func main() {
 	cliSocket := *cliListenAddr + ":" + *cliListenPort
 
 	log.Loglevel(log.DEBUG)
-	syslogWriter, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_ALERT, "gosdn")
-	defer func() {
-		if err := syslogWriter.Close(); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	log.LoglevelOutput(log.INFO, syslogWriter)
 
 	// Setup a channel to communicate if goSDN should shutdown.
 	IsRunningChannel := make(chan bool)