diff --git a/src/test/ldap/t/001_auth.pl b/src/test/ldap/t/001_auth.pl
index 5f2ba8e5967..c2f588deeb8 100644
--- a/src/test/ldap/t/001_auth.pl
+++ b/src/test/ldap/t/001_auth.pl
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ include $ldap_schema_dir/inetorgperson.schema
 
 pidfile $slapd_pidfile
 logfile $slapd_logfile
-logfile-only on
 
 access to *
         by * read
@@ -114,7 +113,8 @@ system_or_bail "openssl", "x509", "-req", "-in", "$slapd_certs/server.csr",
   "-CA", "$slapd_certs/ca.crt", "-CAkey", "$slapd_certs/ca.key",
   "-CAcreateserial", "-out", "$slapd_certs/server.crt";
 
-system_or_bail $slapd, '-f', $slapd_conf, '-h', "$ldap_url $ldaps_url";
+# -s0 prevents log messages ending up in syslog
+system_or_bail $slapd, '-f', $slapd_conf,'-s0', '-h', "$ldap_url $ldaps_url";
 
 END
 {