diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
index 52c1290..aab1ddb 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/phosphor-watchdog@.service
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@
 [Service]
 Restart=no
 EnvironmentFile={envfiledir}/obmc/watchdog/%I
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/env phosphor-watchdog --continue --service=${{SERVICE}} --path=${{DEVPATH}} --target=${{TARGET}}
-SyslogIdentifier=phosphor-watchdog
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/phosphor-watchdog --continue --service=${{SERVICE}} --path=${{DEVPATH}} --target=${{TARGET}}