diff --git a/roles/gitlab/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitlab/tasks/main.yml
index 986381b5438f87f832f2848b041eef2eaed068c9..79e59b1a504a776639a4519f4622307fe7011cf3 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitlab/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     network_mode: host
     pull: true
     restart_policy: always
-    log_driver: journald
     env:
       # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
       # 1. In order to figure out what needs to go into 'idp_cert_fingerprint', run