diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 726a191..ca4a44c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/influxdata/line-protocol/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/wercker/journalhook v0.0.0-20230927020745-64542ffa4117
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
-require (
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
-)
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 623240e..c242fee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf h1:iW4rZ826su+pqaw19uhpSCzhj44qo35pNgKFGqzDKkU=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -33,8 +31,6 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVs
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/wercker/journalhook v0.0.0-20230927020745-64542ffa4117 h1:67A5tweHp3C7osHjrYsy6pQZ00bYkTTttZ7kiOwwHeA=
-github.com/wercker/journalhook v0.0.0-20230927020745-64542ffa4117/go.mod h1:XCsSkdKK4gwBMNrOCZWww0pX6AOt+2gYc5Z6jBRrNVg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a5a880..bc10f8b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/line-protocol/v2/lineprotocol"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/wercker/journalhook"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io"
@@ -176,9 +175,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failure setting logging level: %v", err)
 	}
 	log.SetLevel(lvl)
-	if *journalLogFlag {
-		journalhook.Enable()
-	}
 
 	cj, err := cookiejar.New(nil)
 	if err != nil {