diff --git a/manifests/logging.pp b/manifests/logging.pp
index 08a73ab3..078a29f2 100644
--- a/manifests/logging.pp
+++ b/manifests/logging.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@
 class cloud::logging{
 
   include ::fluentd
-  fluentd::configfile { 'forward': }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/logging/agent.pp b/manifests/logging/agent.pp
index edfeec55..b24e43c2 100644
--- a/manifests/logging/agent.pp
+++ b/manifests/logging/agent.pp
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ class cloud::logging::agent(
     include rsyslog::client
   }
 
-  resources {['fluentd::configfile', 'fluentd::source', 'fluentd::match']:
-    purge => true,
-  }
-
   file { '/var/db':
     ensure => directory,
   } ->