diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index a940c3df7..a3b60a893 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ ERL_INETRC="$ETC_DIR"/inetrc
 
 # define ejabberd parameters
 EJABBERD_OPTS="$EJABBERD_OPTS\
-$(sed '/^log_rate_limit/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
 $(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
-$(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
-$(sed '/^log_rotate_date/!d;s/:[ \t]*\(.[^ ]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")"
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/;s/^/ /' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")"
 [ -n "$EJABBERD_OPTS" ] && EJABBERD_OPTS="-ejabberd $EJABBERD_OPTS"
 EJABBERD_OPTS="-mnesia dir \"$SPOOL_DIR\" $MNESIA_OPTIONS $EJABBERD_OPTS -s ejabberd"