diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.conf b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.conf
index fa182fdf46b..20149f3d1e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.conf
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cron.*                                                  -/var/log/cron
 #*.* @@remote-host:514
 
 
-# ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ########## 
+# ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ##########
 # TCP Syslog Server:
 # provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it)
 #$ModLoad imtcp.so  # load module
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
index 279c7e6e519..0b2ba56a1ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rsyslog/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rsyslog'
 pkgname=rsyslog
-version=8.2212.0
+version=8.2412.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin --enable-gnutls --enable-mysql
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.rsyslog.com"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/download/rsyslog/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=53b59a872e3dc7384cdc149abe9744916776f7057d905f3df6722d2eb1b04f35
+checksum=8cdfa5a077cba576bdd6b1841cc2848b774e663b2e44a39512bb820174174802
 conf_files="/etc/rsyslog.conf"
 make_dirs="/etc/rsyslog.d 0755 root root"
 lib32disabled=yes
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 post_install() {
 	vsv rsyslogd
+	rm -r "$DESTDIR/etc/sv/rsyslogd/log"
 	vconf ${FILESDIR}/rsyslog.conf
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/rsyslog.logrotate 644 etc/logrotate.d rsyslog
 }