diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af2178d..96e344f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ChangeLog
 *.pyc
 *.log
 .tox
+.eggs*
 .coverage
 oslo.rootwrap.egg-info/
 build/
diff --git a/doc/source/usage.rst b/doc/source/usage.rst
index 8508a46..56f4bcb 100644
--- a/doc/source/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/usage.rst
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ use_syslog
     Enable logging to syslog. Default value is False. Example:
     ``use_syslog=True``
 
-use_syslog_rfc_format
-    Enable RFC5424 compliant format for syslog (add APP-NAME before MSG part).
-    Default value is False. Example:
-    ``use_syslog_rfc_format=True``
-
 syslog_log_facility
     Which syslog facility to use for syslog logging. Valid values include
     ``auth``, ``authpriv``, ``syslog``, ``user0``, ``user1``...
diff --git a/etc/rootwrap.conf.sample b/etc/rootwrap.conf.sample
index 197b84c..a29f501 100644
--- a/etc/rootwrap.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/rootwrap.conf.sample
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ exec_dirs=/sbin,/usr/sbin,/bin,/usr/bin
 # Default value is False
 use_syslog=False
 
-# Enable RFC5424 compliant format for syslog (add APP-NAME before MSG part)
-# Default value is False - no format changes
-# TODO(bogdando) remove or use True after existing syslog format deprecation in J
-use_syslog_rfc_format=False
-
 # Which syslog facility to use.
 # Valid values include auth, authpriv, syslog, user0, user1...
 # Default value is 'syslog'
diff --git a/oslo_rootwrap/tests/test_rootwrap.py b/oslo_rootwrap/tests/test_rootwrap.py
index 22c23b5..3bd2a76 100644
--- a/oslo_rootwrap/tests/test_rootwrap.py
+++ b/oslo_rootwrap/tests/test_rootwrap.py
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ class RootwrapTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(c.exec_dirs, [])
 
         self.assertFalse(config.use_syslog)
-        self.assertFalse(config.use_syslog_rfc_format)
         self.assertEqual(config.syslog_log_facility,
                          logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_SYSLOG)
         self.assertEqual(config.syslog_log_level, logging.ERROR)
@@ -437,12 +436,6 @@ class RootwrapTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         config = wrapper.RootwrapConfig(raw)
         self.assertTrue(config.use_syslog)
 
-        raw.set('DEFAULT', 'use_syslog_rfc_format', 'oui')
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, wrapper.RootwrapConfig, raw)
-        raw.set('DEFAULT', 'use_syslog_rfc_format', 'true')
-        config = wrapper.RootwrapConfig(raw)
-        self.assertTrue(config.use_syslog_rfc_format)
-
         raw.set('DEFAULT', 'syslog_log_facility', 'moo')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, wrapper.RootwrapConfig, raw)
         raw.set('DEFAULT', 'syslog_log_facility', 'local0')
diff --git a/oslo_rootwrap/wrapper.py b/oslo_rootwrap/wrapper.py
index 36a5287..2846011 100644
--- a/oslo_rootwrap/wrapper.py
+++ b/oslo_rootwrap/wrapper.py
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ class RootwrapConfig(object):
         else:
             self.use_syslog = False
 
-        # use_syslog_rfc_format
-        if config.has_option("DEFAULT", "use_syslog_rfc_format"):
-            self.use_syslog_rfc_format = config.getboolean(
-                "DEFAULT", "use_syslog_rfc_format")
-        else:
-            self.use_syslog_rfc_format = False
-
 
 def setup_syslog(execname, facility, level):
     rootwrap_logger = logging.getLogger()