diff --git a/units/quotacheck.service.in b/units/quotacheck.service.in
index 27dcb1e4c6f..c97b7a46874 100644
--- a/units/quotacheck.service.in
+++ b/units/quotacheck.service.in
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ ConditionPathExists=/sbin/quotacheck
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-quotacheck
-StandardOutput=syslog
 TimeoutSec=0
diff --git a/units/quotaon.service b/units/quotaon.service
index 2c7b36b4fef..ef2fc8c9761 100644
--- a/units/quotaon.service
+++ b/units/quotaon.service
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ ConditionPathExists=/sbin/quotaon
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=/sbin/quotaon -aug
-StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/units/remount-rootfs.service b/units/remount-rootfs.service
index 89a16c8b266..7b63752c7e4 100644
--- a/units/remount-rootfs.service
+++ b/units/remount-rootfs.service
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ Wants=local-fs-pre.target
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=/bin/mount / -o remount
-StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/units/systemd-logind.service.in b/units/systemd-logind.service.in
index 4241b8b3200..c332039e877 100644
--- a/units/systemd-logind.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-logind.service.in
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-logind
 Type=dbus
 BusName=org.freedesktop.login1
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL CAP_CHOWN CAP_KILL CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FOWNER
-StandardOutput=syslog
 
 # Increase the default a bit in order to allow many simultaneous
 # logins since we keep one fd open per session.
diff --git a/units/systemd-remount-api-vfs.service.in b/units/systemd-remount-api-vfs.service.in
index 6339ee64a6f..f4df0ca263a 100644
--- a/units/systemd-remount-api-vfs.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-remount-api-vfs.service.in
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ Wants=local-fs-pre.target
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-remount-api-vfs
-StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/units/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.in b/units/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.in
index 91d95d66e32..673fb6ccf69 100644
--- a/units/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.in
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-vconsole-setup
-StandardOutput=syslog