diff --git a/make/common/rsyslog/Dockerfile b/make/common/rsyslog/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index cd0027005..000000000
--- a/make/common/rsyslog/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-FROM vmware/photon:1.0
-
-#base image for rsyslog base on photon
-
-RUN tdnf distro-sync -y || echo \
-    && tdnf install -y cronie rsyslog shadow tar gzip \
-	&& mkdir /etc/rsyslog.d/ \
-    && mkdir /var/spool/rsyslog \
-    && groupadd -r -g 10000 syslog && useradd --no-log-init -r -g 10000 -u 10000 syslog \
-    && tdnf clean all
diff --git a/make/photon/log/Dockerfile b/make/photon/log/Dockerfile
index 1d34c93a0..c82bf07f8 100644
--- a/make/photon/log/Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/log/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-FROM vmware/rsyslog-photon:8.15.0
+FROM vmware/photon:1.0
+
+RUN tdnf distro-sync -y || echo \
+    && tdnf install -y cronie rsyslog shadow tar gzip sudo net-tools\
+    && mkdir /etc/rsyslog.d/ \
+    && mkdir /var/spool/rsyslog \
+    && groupadd -r -g 10000 syslog && useradd --no-log-init -r -g 10000 -u 10000 syslog \
+    && tdnf clean all
 
 COPY rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.conf
 
-# rotate logs weekly
 # notes: file name cannot contain dot, or the script will not run
 COPY rotate.sh /etc/cron.daily/rotate
 
@@ -11,7 +17,6 @@ COPY rsyslog_docker.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/
 
 COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start.sh && \
-    tdnf install -y sudo net-tools && \
     chown -R 10000:10000 /run 
 
 HEALTHCHECK CMD netstat -ltu|grep 10514
@@ -20,5 +25,4 @@ VOLUME /var/log/docker/ /run/
 
 EXPOSE 10514
 
-#CMD crond && rm -f /var/run/rsyslogd.pid && rsyslogd -n
 CMD /usr/local/bin/start.sh