diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
index 7af2953..3524da8 100644
--- a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
+++ b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-systemd/busybox-syslog.default
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 . /etc/syslog-startup.conf
 
 # check if we want permanent log files and prepare /var/log
-if [ "${DESTINATION}" = "buffer" -a ! -h /var/log ]; then
-    rm -rf /var/log
-    cd /var
-    ln -s volatile/log log
-elif [ "${DESTINATION}" = "file" -a -h "/var/log" ]; then
+if [ "${DESTINATION}" = "file" -a -h "/var/log" ]; then
     rm -rf /var/log
     mkdir /var/log
 fi