diff --git a/code/files/logrotate_nginx b/code/files/logrotate_nginx
deleted file mode 100644
index 528f7e3de1943def22128de33b1f8a5b66e2e03a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/code/files/logrotate_nginx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/opt/dirac/data/log/nginx/*log {
-    create 0644 nginx nginx
-    daily
-    rotate 10
-    missingok
-    notifempty
-    compress
-    sharedscripts
-    postrotate
-        /bin/kill -USR1 `cat /opt/rh/nginx16/root/var/run/nginx.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || true
-    endscript
-}
diff --git a/code/manifests/init.pp b/code/manifests/init.pp
index b96e49a30554a57b915af4f49dc535d929aec1f2..ba23cefc8c1ef32cc1a5bfc2498d64ea4728639b 100644
--- a/code/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/code/manifests/init.pp
@@ -237,15 +237,6 @@ class dirac ($dirac_user = 'dirac', $dirac_group = 'dirac',
       content => template($nginx_tpl_path),
     }
 
-    file { '/etc/logrotate.d/nginx16-nginx':
-      ensure  => file,
-      owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'root',
-      mode    => '0644',
-      require => Package['nginx16'],
-      source  => 'puppet:///modules/dirac/logrotate_nginx',
-    }
-
     service { 'nginx16-nginx':
       ensure  => running,
       require => [Package['nginx16'],