diff -Naur openvpn-2.0.9-orig/error.c openvpn-2.0.9-new/error.c
--- openvpn-2.0.9-orig/error.c	2005-11-01 03:06:11.000000000 -0800
+++ openvpn-2.0.9-new/error.c	2015-01-30 15:49:22.331623597 -0800
@@ -287,10 +287,6 @@
       if (use_syslog && !std_redir)
 	{
 #if SYSLOG_CAPABILITY
-	  syslog (level, "%s%s%s",
-		  prefix,
-		  prefix_sep,
-		  m1);
 #endif
 	}
       else
