diff --git a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
index 5c062dc32a..d15826add5 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
+++ b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog-limits-systemd
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-$MaxOpenFiles 131072
-
 [Service]
 LimitNOFILE=131072
diff --git a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index 9f5d87e1b5..5c4c549088 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/roles/base/files/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.log01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $IMUXSockRateLimitInterval 0
 $SystemLogRateLimitInterval 0
 $WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog
 $IMJournalStateFile imjournal.state
+$MaxOpenFiles 131072
 
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