diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
index b3a6a6d851e..420fce23e18 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         missingok
         notifempty
         compress
-        delaycompress
         # CLOUDSTACK-9155: We cannot tell the processes that are writing to this
         # file to use the new inode, so instead we copy the original file, truncate
         # it and keep the same inode.