diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 3b952793..07db34da 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -20,17 +20,6 @@ class ironic::db::sync(
   include ironic::deps
   include ironic::params
 
-  # NOTE(dtantsur): previous ironic-dbsync was run as root. it will fail to run
-  # as "ironic" user, if there is an old log file owned by root. Let's fix it.
-  # To be removed in Rocky.
-  file { '/var/log/ironic/ironic-dbsync.log':
-    ensure  => 'present',
-    owner   => $::ironic::params::user,
-    group   => $::ironic::params::group,
-    # /var/log/ironic comes from ironic-common
-    require => Anchor['ironic::install::end']
-  }
-
   exec { 'ironic-dbsync':
     command     => "${::ironic::params::dbsync_command} ${extra_params}",
     path        => '/usr/bin',
@@ -46,7 +35,6 @@ class ironic::db::sync(
       Anchor['ironic::dbsync::begin']
     ],
     notify      => Anchor['ironic::dbsync::end'],
-    require     => File['/var/log/ironic/ironic-dbsync.log'],
     tag         => 'openstack-db',
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
index 8551ab81..65a793a0 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ironic_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ describe 'ironic::db::sync' do
         :notify      => 'Anchor[ironic::dbsync::end]',
         :tag         => 'openstack-db',
       )
-
-      is_expected.to contain_file('/var/log/ironic/ironic-dbsync.log').with(
-        :ensure  => 'present',
-        :owner   => 'ironic',
-        :group   => 'ironic',
-      )
     end
 
     describe "overriding params" do