diff --git a/scripts/xe-syslog-reconfigure b/scripts/xe-syslog-reconfigure
index de84881d688..fa5ad0b7969 100644
--- a/scripts/xe-syslog-reconfigure
+++ b/scripts/xe-syslog-reconfigure
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ do
 done
 
 
+echo "# /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf is managed by xe-syslog-reconfigure (do not edit)" > /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf
 if [ $remote -eq 1 ]; then
-  echo "# /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf is auto-generated by xe-syslog-reconfigure" > /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf
   echo "*.* @$host" >> /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf
-else
-  rm -f /etc/rsyslog.d/remote.conf
 fi
 
 systemctl restart rsyslog