diff --git a/config/ejabberd.exs b/config/ejabberd.exs
index f5f21cd5b..462822183 100644
--- a/config/ejabberd.exs
+++ b/config/ejabberd.exs
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ defmodule Ejabberd.ConfigFile do
   def start do
     [loglevel: 4,
      log_rotate_size: 10485760,
-     log_rotate_date: "",
      log_rotate_count: 1,
-     log_rate_limit: 100,
      auth_method: :internal,
      max_fsm_queue: 1000,
      language: "en",
diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index 68eaefa7b..256a40c7a 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ 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"