diff --git a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
index d1ea68c..9834d17 100644
--- a/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
+++ b/tasks/syslog/config.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,10 @@
       when: 'ansible_os_family == "Debian"'
       notify: "restart rsyslog"
 
-    # configure rsyslogd - observium
-    - name: "syslog - config - remote-logging"
-      ansible.builtin.template:
-        src: "templates/syslog/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.j2"
-        dest: "/etc/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
-        owner: "root"
-        group: "root"
-        mode: "0644"
+    # configure rsyslogd
+    - name: "syslog - remove - remote-logging"
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "/etc/rsyslog.d/remote-logging.conf"
+        state: "absent"
       when: 'ansible_os_family == "Debian"'
       notify: "restart rsyslog"