diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
index f5a660964d3..59a6242bb4c 100644
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
@@ -1,32 +1,21 @@
-# see "man logrotate" for details
 # rotate log files daily
 daily
-
 # keep 5 days worth
 rotate 5
-
 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
 create
-
 # use date as a suffix of the rotated file
 dateext
-
-# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
-#compress
-
 # max size 50M
 size 50M
-
 # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
 include /etc/logrotate.d
-
 # no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here
 /var/log/wtmp {
     monthly
     create 0664 root utmp
     rotate 1
 }
-
 /var/log/btmp {
     missingok
     monthly
@@ -34,4 +23,3 @@ include /etc/logrotate.d
     rotate 1
 }
 
-# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1ffce22231..3839762b476 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/apache2/ports.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/rsyslog.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/cloud-nic.rules</exclude>
-              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/postinit</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/modprobe.d/aesni_intel</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/dnsmasq.conf</exclude>