diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a087b8ed..59b86f8d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -153,25 +153,6 @@ if(WIN32)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT DEFINED LOGROTATE_HAS_SU)
-  set(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU OFF)
-  find_program(LOGROTATE_BINARY logrotate)
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${LOGROTATE_BINARY} ERROR_VARIABLE LOGROTATE_OUTPUT)
-  if(LOGROTATE_OUTPUT)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^logrotate ([0-9.]*).*" "\\1" LOGROTATE_VERSION
-      ${LOGROTATE_OUTPUT})
-    message(STATUS "Found logrotate (found version \"${LOGROTATE_VERSION}\")")
-    if("${LOGROTATE_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER "3.7.9")
-      set(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU ON)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-endif()
-if(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU)
-  set(LOGROTATE_USE_SU "\n\tsu ${ICINGA2_USER} ${ICINGA2_GROUP}")
-else()
-  set(LOGROTATE_CREATE "\n\tcreate 644 ${ICINGA2_USER} ${ICINGA2_GROUP}")
-endif()
-
 find_package(Boost ${BOOST_MIN_VERSION} COMPONENTS coroutine context date_time filesystem iostreams thread program_options regex REQUIRED)
 
 # Boost.Coroutine2 (the successor of Boost.Coroutine)
diff --git a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
index f0a9e59ae..dc0294530 100644
--- a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
+++ b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 @ICINGA2_LOGDIR@/icinga2.log @ICINGA2_LOGDIR@/debug.log {
 	daily
-	rotate 7@LOGROTATE_USE_SU@
+	rotate 7
+	su @ICINGA2_USER@ @ICINGA2_GROUP@
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok
-	notifempty@LOGROTATE_CREATE@
+	notifempty
 	postrotate
 		/bin/kill -USR1 $(cat @ICINGA2_INITRUNDIR@/icinga2.pid 2> /dev/null) 2> /dev/null || true
 	endscript
@@ -12,10 +13,11 @@
 
 @ICINGA2_LOGDIR@/error.log {
 	daily
-	rotate 90@LOGROTATE_USE_SU@
+	rotate 90
+	su @ICINGA2_USER@ @ICINGA2_GROUP@
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok
-	notifempty@LOGROTATE_CREATE@
+	notifempty
 	# TODO: figure out how to get Icinga to re-open this log file
 }