diff --git a/templates/nginx/conf.d/log.conf b/templates/nginx/conf.d/log.conf
index 8acb1c0e93c9bc2d68ed3af84fb0d5e31ca65f97..9ea37320f6dd40d10ad308ef9c4d7f1283ee1242 100644
--- a/templates/nginx/conf.d/log.conf
+++ b/templates/nginx/conf.d/log.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+{% if nginx["version"]|version_compare("1.7.11", ">=") %}
 access_log {{ nginx_access_log }};
 error_log {{ nginx_error_log }};
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/test_nginx.py b/tests/test_nginx.py
index b941d2e33f6e7bf7b15fd8f2d09a4464115e0491..f9fe73643f88d3563bd40e91de47a09dc6a337c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_nginx.py
+++ b/tests/test_nginx.py
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ def test_nginx_include_directive(File, directive):
     assert directive in File('/etc/nginx/nginx.conf').content_string
 
 
-log_directives = ['access_log syslog:server=127.0.0.1;',
-                  'error_log syslog:server=127.0.0.1;']
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('directive', log_directives)
-def test_nginx_log_directive(File, directive):
-    assert directive in File('/etc/nginx/conf.d/log.conf').content_string
-
-
 def test_nginx_config(File, Command, Sudo):
     with Sudo():
         assert Command('nginx -t').rc == 0