diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
index 8896515f4..343cae866 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/doxcat
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ log_label="xcat.genesis.doxcat"
 # Start rsyslogd and log into a local file specified in /etc/rsyslog.conf
 # Later, once xCAT MN is known, dhclient-script will change 
 # rsyslog.conf file to send log entries to xCAT MN
-logger -s -t $log_label -p local4.info "Starting syslog..."
-ls /var/run/
 RSYSLOGD_VERSION=`rsyslogd -v | grep "rsyslogd" | cut -d" " -f2 | cut -d"." -f1`
 
 # if syslog is running and there's a pid file, kill it before restarting syslogd