diff --git a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
index 7ac45260..5afef604 100644
--- a/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yggdrasil/main.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	case "syslog":
 		if syslogger, err := gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_NOTICE, "DAEMON", version.BuildName()); err == nil {
-			logger = log.New(syslogger, "", log.Flags())
+			logger = log.New(syslogger, "", log.Flags() &^ (log.Ldate | log.Ltime))
 		}
 
 	default: