diff --git a/playbooks/common-tasks/os-log-dir-setup.yml b/playbooks/common-tasks/os-log-dir-setup.yml
index 5d8b331094..110ae73ee5 100644
--- a/playbooks/common-tasks/os-log-dir-setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common-tasks/os-log-dir-setup.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
   file:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
-    owner: "{{ item.owner|default(omit) }}"
-    group: "{{ item.group|default(omit) }}"
     state: "link"
     force: "yes"
   with_items: "{{ log_dirs|default([]) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/os-molteniron-install.yml b/playbooks/os-molteniron-install.yml
index ec0cdf3fbf..30fa46b0cb 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-molteniron-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-molteniron-install.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
         log_dirs:
           - src: "/openstack/log/{{ inventory_hostname }}-molteniron"
             dest: "/var/log/molteniron"
-            owner: "syslog"
-            group: "syslog"
     - include: common-tasks/unbound-clients.yml
       static: no
       when:
diff --git a/playbooks/os-swift-install.yml b/playbooks/os-swift-install.yml
index 641ed2ed5a..06745ed762 100644
--- a/playbooks/os-swift-install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/os-swift-install.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
         log_dirs:
           - src: "/openstack/log/{{ inventory_hostname }}-swift"
             dest: "/var/log/swift"
-            owner: "syslog"
-            # NOTE(hwoarang) The syslog user on openSUSE belongs to the 'users'
-            # group. There is no dedicated syslog group.
-            group: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper') | ternary ('users', 'syslog') }}"
     - include: common-tasks/unbound-clients.yml
       static: no
       when: