diff --git a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
index 783e1dfd7..0a6eea80d 100644
--- a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
+++ b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ zed_conf_create(void)
 	if (!zcp)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	zcp->syslog_facility = LOG_DAEMON;
 	zcp->min_events = ZED_MIN_EVENTS;
 	zcp->max_events = ZED_MAX_EVENTS;
 	zcp->pid_fd = -1;
diff --git a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.h b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.h
index 1e4f81019..8ad02f91b 100644
--- a/cmd/zed/zed_conf.h
+++ b/cmd/zed/zed_conf.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ struct zed_conf {
 	unsigned	do_verbose:1;		/* true if verbosity enabled */
 	unsigned	do_zero:1;		/* true if zeroing state */
 	unsigned	do_idle:1;		/* true if idle enabled */
-	int		syslog_facility;	/* syslog facility value */
 	int		min_events;		/* RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE */
 	int		max_events;		/* RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE */
 	char		*pid_file;		/* abs path to pid file */