diff --git a/roles/mailman/files/hyperkitty.logrotate.conf b/roles/mailman/files/hyperkitty.logrotate.conf
index 3e5b70f0ae..05c9113988 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/files/hyperkitty.logrotate.conf
+++ b/roles/mailman/files/hyperkitty.logrotate.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 /var/log/hyperkitty/*.log {
     missingok
     notifempty
-    sharedscripts
     delaycompress
     su root apache
-    postrotate
-        /sbin/service httpd reload > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
-    endscript
 }
diff --git a/roles/mailman/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/mailman/templates/settings.py.j2
index fa3b4ffe58..5c29bd2d69 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ LOGGING = {
         'file':{
             'level': 'INFO',
             #'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
+            'class': 'logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler',
             'filename': '/var/log/hyperkitty/hyperkitty.log',
             'formatter': 'verbose',
         },