diff --git a/command/syslog_plugin.go b/command/syslog_plugin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b753ac15ce3..000000000000
--- a/command/syslog_plugin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package command
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver"
-)
-
-type SyslogPluginCommand struct {
-	Meta
-}
-
-func (e *SyslogPluginCommand) Help() string {
-	helpText := `
-	This is a command used by Nomad internally to launch a syslog collector"
-	`
-	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogPluginCommand) Synopsis() string {
-	return "internal - launch a syslog collector plugin"
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogPluginCommand) Run(args []string) int {
-	if len(args) == 2 {
-		s.Ui.Error("log output file and log level are not provided")
-		return 1
-	}
-	logFileName := args[0]
-	logLevel := args[1]
-	stdo, err := os.OpenFile(logFileName, os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.Ui.Error(err.Error())
-		return 1
-	}
-	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeConfig{
-		HandshakeConfig: driver.HandshakeConfig,
-		Plugins:         driver.GetPluginMap(stdo, logLevel),
-	})
-
-	return 0
-}
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 08bad16eaeef..3def861c4394 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -126,11 +126,6 @@ func Commands(metaPtr *command.Meta) map[string]cli.CommandFactory {
 				Meta: meta,
 			}, nil
 		},
-		"syslog": func() (cli.Command, error) {
-			return &command.SyslogPluginCommand{
-				Meta: meta,
-			}, nil
-		},
 		"server-force-leave": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.ServerForceLeaveCommand{
 				Meta: meta,