diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 28508eb..cbd56e8 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
         /^7\.*/: {
           $default_pid_file        = '/var/run/syslogd.pid'
           $sysconfig_erb           = 'sysconfig.rhel7.erb'
-          $default_syslogd_options = '-c 4'
+          $default_syslogd_options = undef
           $default_mod_imjournal   = true
           $default_manage_devlog   = true
         }
diff --git a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
index 2f09bc9..9f111e1 100644
--- a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
             })
           }
           it {
-            should contain_file('rsyslog_sysconfig').with_content(/^SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c 4"$/)
+            should contain_file('rsyslog_sysconfig').with_content(/^SYSLOGD_OPTIONS=""$/)
           }
         end