diff --git a/debian/logrotate b/debian/logrotate
index 0bc07ca592..4d1cc22dfb 100644
--- a/debian/logrotate
+++ b/debian/logrotate
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@
         compress
         notifempty
         missingok
-        postrotate
-                invoke-rc.d yunohost-api rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
-        endscript
 }
diff --git a/debian/yunohost-api.init b/debian/yunohost-api.init
index 02a0560b73..3cda507e60 100755
--- a/debian/yunohost-api.init
+++ b/debian/yunohost-api.init
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ do_reload() {
     return 0
 }
 
-#
-# Function called when rotating logs
-#
-do_rotate() {
-    start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR1 --quiet --pidfile $PID --name $NAME
-    return 0
-}
-
 case "$1" in
   start)
       [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
@@ -131,11 +123,6 @@ case "$1" in
             ;;
       esac
       ;;
-  rotate)
-      log_daemon_msg "Re-opening $DESC log files" "$NAME"
-      do_rotate
-      log_end_msg $?
-      ;;
   *)
       echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|reload}" >&2
       exit 3