diff --git a/templates/fail2ban.local.j2 b/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
index b85e5719bf080919d83cd7423f6ccb044ec19baa..0e72fde72a486e80235d22468f674c8df5824cc9 100644
--- a/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
+++ b/templates/fail2ban.local.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 
-[DEFAULT]
-logtarget = SYSLOG
-
 {{ fail2ban.fail2ban_local | default('') }}
diff --git a/templates/jail.local.j2 b/templates/jail.local.j2
index 43b652ba2316b8ad3e8ff3e13bb6bdd67bd41226..661b6ae639da9da24782945c3d860951a59af0d8 100644
--- a/templates/jail.local.j2
+++ b/templates/jail.local.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 
-[DEFAULT]
-backend = systemd
-
 {{ fail2ban.jail_local | default('') }}