diff --git a/etc/crontab b/etc/crontab
index 2e538a823e55..e1e6e8862c8d 100644
--- a/etc/crontab
+++ b/etc/crontab
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 SHELL=/bin/sh
 PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
-HOME=/var/log
 #
 #minute	hour	mday	month	wday	who	command
 #