diff --git a/basefiles/journald.conf b/basefiles/journald.conf
index 4c3b58da..a0c19b17 100644
--- a/basefiles/journald.conf
+++ b/basefiles/journald.conf
@@ -1,28 +1,8 @@
 [Journal]
 Storage=persistent
-Compress=yes
-Seal=no
-SplitMode=uid
-SyncIntervalSec=1m
-RateLimitIntervalSec=30s
-RateLimitBurst=1000
 SystemMaxUse=1G
 SystemKeepFree=2G
 SystemMaxFileSize=100M
 SystemMaxFiles=10
 RuntimeMaxUse=0
-MaxRetentionSec=1week
-MaxFileSec=1day
-ForwardToSyslog=no
-ForwardToKMsg=no
-ForwardToConsole=yes
-ForwardToWall=no
-TTYPath=/dev/console
-MaxLevelStore=info
-MaxLevelSyslog=info
-MaxLevelKMsg=info
-MaxLevelConsole=warning
-MaxLevelWall=emerg
-LineMax=48K
 ReadKMsg=yes
-Audit=yes