diff --git a/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el7 b/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el7
index 6e9bdc4..05d1337 100644
--- a/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el7
+++ b/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el7
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ if $programname startswith 'haproxy' then {
   if $syslogseverity <= 5 then
       action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/haproxy/status.log" template="HAProxy")
       stop
-} else
-  action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/messages")
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+}
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diff --git a/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el8 b/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el8
index 6e9bdc4..05d1337 100644
--- a/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el8
+++ b/SOURCES/haproxy.syslog.el8
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ if $programname startswith 'haproxy' then {
   if $syslogseverity <= 5 then
       action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/haproxy/status.log" template="HAProxy")
       stop
-} else
-  action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/messages")
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+}
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