diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index 8519374bb..0e221f473 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ ERL_CRASH_DUMP="$LOGS_DIR"/erl_crash_$(date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S").dump
 ERL_INETRC="$CONFIG_DIR"/inetrc
 
 # define ejabberd parameters
-LOG_OPTS=
 EJABBERD_OPTS="\
 $(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*/ \1/;s/:[ \t]*\(infinity\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
 $(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1 /;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\