diff --git a/pkg/logs/requestor.go b/pkg/logs/requestor.go
index 2df9c3b5..6227628f 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/requestor.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/requestor.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ func (r *requester) Query(ctx context.Context, req logs.Request) (<-chan logs.Me
 // 		--output=json \
 // 		--since=<timestamp> \
 // 		<--follow> \
-// 		--output-fields=SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER,MESSAGE,_PID,_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP
 func buildCmd(ctx context.Context, req logs.Request) *exec.Cmd {
 	// // set the cursor position based on req, default to 5m
 	since := time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute)
diff --git a/pkg/logs/requestor_test.go b/pkg/logs/requestor_test.go
index 91a6c1b8..88c6fece 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/requestor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/requestor_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func Test_buildCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expectedArgs := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"--utc --no-pager --output=json --output-fields=SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER,MESSAGE,_PID,_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP --identifier=spacetwo:loggyfunc --since=%s --follow --lines=5",
+		"--utc --no-pager --output=json --identifier=spacetwo:loggyfunc --since=%s --follow --lines=5",
 		now.UTC().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"),
 	)