diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c b/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
index c380422f2..f105ef26d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_unshare.c
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 			"\t           MOUNT, PID, UTSNAME, IPC, USER, NETWORK\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -u <id> : new id to be set if -s USER is specified\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t if -f or -s PID is specified, <command> is mandatory)\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -133,12 +131,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 	char *namespaces = NULL;
 	char **args;
-	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	long flags = 0;
 	uid_t uid = -1; /* valid only if (flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) */
 	pid_t pid;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "fs:u:o:l:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "fs:u:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 's':
 			namespaces = optarg;
@@ -150,20 +147,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'f':
 			hastofork = 1;
 			break;
-		case 'o':
-			log_file = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'l':
-			log_priority = optarg;
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	args = &argv[optind];
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
-		return 1;
-
         ret = lxc_fill_namespace_flags(namespaces, &flags);
 	if (ret)
 		usage(argv[0]);