diff --git a/install/tpl/opensuse_amavisd_conf.master b/install/tpl/opensuse_amavisd_conf.master
index fbf3165abd7a3be555a23ba2f3bdd2be55c815b3..d0d8a8777314210d030e37b22b639547a2bb2fdf 100644
--- a/install/tpl/opensuse_amavisd_conf.master
+++ b/install/tpl/opensuse_amavisd_conf.master
@@ -778,7 +778,5 @@ $spam_admin = undef;
 $DO_SYSLOG = 1;
 $LOGFILE = "/var/log/amavis.log";  # (defaults to empty, no log)
 
-$log_level = 0;                # (defaults to 0)
-
 
 1;  # insure a defined return