diff --git a/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile b/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
index 5f22488a43..65a6f52a06 100644
--- a/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
+++ b/package/emortal/default-settings/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=default-settings
-PKG_RELEASE:=28
+PKG_RELEASE:=29
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
 
diff --git a/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings b/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
index fa02d2fcea..db753461cc 100755
--- a/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
+++ b/package/emortal/default-settings/files/99-default-settings
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@ if ! uci -q get system.@imm_init[0].lang > "/dev/null"; then
 	EOF
 fi
 
-if ! uci -q get system.@imm_init[0].dhcp > "/dev/null"; then
-	uci -q batch <<-EOF
-		set dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].logfacility="/dev/null"
-		commit dhcp
-
-		set system.@imm_init[0].dhcp="1"
-		commit system
-	EOF
-fi
+sed -i "/log-facility/d" "/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
+echo "log-facility=/dev/null" >> "/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
 
 ln -sf "/sbin/ip" "/usr/bin/ip"
 
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
index 5d1cc2bfe0..b5968d77cb 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ config dnsmasq
 	option ednspacket_max	1232
 	option filter_aaaa	0
 	option filter_a		0
-	option logfacility	/dev/null
 	#list addnmount		/some/path # read-only mount path to expose it to dnsmasq
 
 config dhcp lan