diff --git a/init/devices.cpp b/init/devices.cpp
index a3467b9a1..52f018b98 100644
--- a/init/devices.cpp
+++ b/init/devices.cpp
@@ -759,11 +759,6 @@ static void handle_generic_device_event(struct uevent *uevent)
      } else if(!strncmp(uevent->subsystem, "sound", 5)) {
          base = "/dev/snd/";
          make_dir(base, 0755);
-     } else if(!strncmp(uevent->subsystem, "misc", 4) && !strncmp(name, "log_", 4)) {
-         LOG(INFO) << "kernel logger is deprecated";
-         base = "/dev/log/";
-         make_dir(base, 0755);
-         name += 4;
      } else
          base = "/dev/";
      auto links = get_character_device_symlinks(uevent);
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index 0633a68a3..579ee32d9 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ subsystem adf
 /dev/binder               0666   root       root
 /dev/hwbinder             0666   root       root
 
-# Anyone can read the logs, but if they're not in the "logs"
-# group, then they'll only see log entries for their UID.
-/dev/log/*                0666   root       log
 /dev/pmsg0                0222   root       log
 
 # the msm hw3d client device node is world writable/readable.