diff --git a/Cassandane/Instance.pm b/Cassandane/Instance.pm

index fb36b8f..78e7100 100644

--- a/Cassandane/Instance.pm

+++ b/Cassandane/Instance.pm

@@ -2146,12 +2146,8 @@ sub setup_syslog_replacement

 {

     my ($self) = @_;

-    if (not(-e 'utils/syslog.so') || not(-e 'utils/syslog_probe')) {

-        xlog "utils/syslog.so not found (do you need to run 'make'?)";

-        xlog "tests will not examine syslog output";

-        $self->{have_syslog_replacement} = 0;

-        return;

-    }

+    $self->{have_syslog_replacement} = 0;

+    return;

     $self->{syslog_fname} = "$self->{basedir}/conf/log/syslog";

     $self->{have_syslog_replacement} = 1;

diff --git a/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm b/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm

index 7c17f0c..9eb07ad 100644

--- a/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm

+++ b/Cassandane/Util/Log.pm

@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(

 my $verbose = 0;

-openlog('cassandane', '', LOG_LOCAL6)

-    or die "Cannot openlog";

-

 sub xlog

 {

     my $id;

@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ sub xlog

     $msg .= "($id) " if $id;

     $msg .= join(' ', @_);

     print STDERR "$msg\n";

-    syslog(LOG_ERR, "$msg");

 }

 sub set_verbose

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