diff --git a/contrib/ci/configure.sh b/contrib/ci/configure.sh
index 881a9d159e9..5f5ea14620f 100644
--- a/contrib/ci/configure.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/configure.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ declare -a CONFIGURE_ARG_LIST=(
     "--disable-static"
     "--enable-ldb-version-check"
     "--with-initscript=sysv"
-    "--with-syslog=syslog"
+    "--with-syslog=stderr"
     "--enable-systemtap"
     "--with-subid"
     "--with-passkey"
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/bashrc_sssd b/contrib/fedora/bashrc_sssd
index 06d585c2495..1ff35ca2bd4 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/bashrc_sssd
+++ b/contrib/fedora/bashrc_sssd
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fedconfig()
         --enable-systemtap \
         --with-krb5-rcache-dir=/var/cache/krb5rcache \
         --with-initscript=systemd \
-        --with-syslog=journald \
+        --with-syslog=stderr \
         --with-test-dir=/dev/shm \
         --cache-file=/tmp/fedconfig.cache \
         --with-passkey \
diff --git a/contrib/sssd.spec.in b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
index 943bdd1ce29..8b5d06c36dd 100644
--- a/contrib/sssd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ autoreconf -ivf
     --with-pipe-path=%{pipepath} \
     --with-pubconf-path=%{pubconfpath} \
     --with-sssd-user=%{sssd_user} \
-    --with-syslog=syslog \
+    --with-syslog=stderr \
     --with-test-dir=/dev/shm \
 %if %{build_subid}
     --with-subid \