diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/internal/syslogserver.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/internal/syslogserver.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fc31f203..000000000
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/internal/syslogserver.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package syslogserver
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"strings"
-
-	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
-)
-
-type SyslogServer struct {
-	proto        string
-	listenAddr   string
-	port         int
-	channel      chan string
-	tcpListener  *net.TCPListener
-	udpConn      *net.UDPConn
-	parsingTombs []*tomb.Tomb
-	acceptTombs  []*tomb.Tomb
-	receiveTombs []*tomb.Tomb
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogServer) SetProtocol(proto string) error {
-	proto = strings.ToLower(proto)
-	if proto != "tcp" && proto != "udp" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("protocol must be tcp or udp, got %s", proto)
-	}
-	s.proto = proto
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogServer) Listen(listenAddr string, port int) error {
-	switch s.proto {
-	case "tcp":
-		tcpAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.listenAddr, s.port))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		tcpListener, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", tcpAddr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		s.tcpListener = tcpListener
-	case "udp":
-		udpAddr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.listenAddr, s.port))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		udpConn, err := net.ListenUDP("tcp", udpAddr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		s.udpConn = udpConn
-		s.udpConn.SetReadBuffer(1024 * 8) // FIXME probably
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogServer) SetChannel(c chan string) {
-	s.channel = c
-}
diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/syslog.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/syslog.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cf9330006..000000000
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/syslog.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-package syslog
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/acquisition/configuration"
-	syslogserver "github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/acquisition/modules/syslog/internal"
-	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/types"
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-)
-
-type SyslogConfiguration struct {
-	Proto string `yaml:"protocol,omitempty"`
-	Port  int    `yaml:"port,omitempty"`
-	Addr  string `yaml:"addr,omitempty"`
-	//TODO: Add TLS support
-	configuration.DataSourceCommonCfg `yaml:",inline"`
-}
-
-type SyslogSource struct {
-	config SyslogConfiguration
-	logger *log.Entry
-	server *syslogserver.SyslogServer
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) GetName() string {
-	return "syslog"
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) GetMode() string {
-	return s.config.Mode
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) Dump() interface{} {
-	return s
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) CanRun() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) GetMetrics() []prometheus.Collector {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) ConfigureByDSN(dsn string, labelType string, logger *log.Entry) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("syslog datasource does not support one shot acquisition")
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) OneShotAcquisition(out chan types.Event, t *tomb.Tomb) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("syslog datasource does not support one shot acquisition")
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) Configure(yamlConfig []byte, logger *log.Entry) error {
-	s.logger = logger
-	s.logger.Infof("Starting syslog datasource configuration")
-	syslogConfig := SyslogConfiguration{}
-	syslogConfig.Mode = configuration.TAIL_MODE
-	err := yaml.UnmarshalStrict(yamlConfig, &syslogConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "Cannot parse syslog configuration")
-	}
-	if syslogConfig.Addr == "" {
-		syslogConfig.Addr = "127.0.0.1" //do we want a usable or secure default ?
-	}
-	if syslogConfig.Port == 0 {
-		syslogConfig.Port = 514
-	}
-	if syslogConfig.Proto == "" {
-		syslogConfig.Proto = "udp"
-	}
-	s.config = syslogConfig
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) StreamingAcquisition(out chan types.Event, t *tomb.Tomb) error {
-	//channel := make(syslog.LogPartsChannel)
-	//handler := syslog.NewChannelHandler(channel)
-
-	c := make(chan string)
-	s.server = &syslogserver.SyslogServer{}
-	err := s.server.SetProtocol(s.config.Proto)
-	s.server.SetChannel(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not set syslog server protocol")
-	}
-	err = s.server.Listen(s.config.Addr, s.config.Port)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not start syslog server")
-	}
-	//s.server.SetHandler(handler)
-	//err := s.server.ListenUDP(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.config.Addr, s.config.Port))
-	/*if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not listen")
-	}
-	err = s.server.Boot()
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not start syslog server")
-	}*/
-	t.Go(func() error {
-		defer types.CatchPanic("crowdsec/acquis/syslog/live")
-		return s.handleSyslogMsg(out, t, c)
-	})
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *SyslogSource) handleSyslogMsg(out chan types.Event, t *tomb.Tomb, c chan string) error {
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-t.Dying():
-			s.logger.Info("Syslog datasource is dying")
-		case syslogLine := <-c:
-			//var line string
-			spew.Dump(syslogLine)
-			//rebuild the syslog line from the part
-			//TODO: handle the RFC format and cases such as missing PID, or PID embedded in the app_name
-			/*if logParts["content"] == nil {
-				line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s[%s]: %s", logParts["timestamp"], logParts["hostname"],
-					logParts["app_name"], logParts["proc_id"], logParts["message"])
-			} else {
-				line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s: %s", logParts["timestamp"],
-					logParts["hostname"], logParts["tag"], logParts["content"])
-			}
-			l := types.Line{}
-			l.Raw = line
-			l.Labels = s.config.Labels
-			//l.Time = logParts["timestamp"].(string)
-			l.Src = logParts["client"].(string)
-			l.Process = true
-			out <- types.Event{Line: l, Process: true, Type: types.LOG, ExpectMode: leaky.LIVE}*/
-
-		}
-	}
-}