diff --git a/heka/_service.sls b/heka/_service.sls
index 687b30d..359e716 100644
--- a/heka/_service.sls
+++ b/heka/_service.sls
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@
   - mode: 644
   - replace: false
 
-{%- set logrotate_conf = "/etc/logrotate_" ~ service_name ~ ".conf" %}
-
-{{ logrotate_conf }}:
+/etc/logrotate.d/{{ service_name }}:
   file.managed:
   - source: salt://heka/files/heka_logrotate.conf
   - template: jinja
@@ -65,26 +63,6 @@
   - group: root
   - mode: 644
 
-{%- set logrotate_command = "/usr/local/bin/" ~ service_name ~ "_logrotate" %}
-
-{{ logrotate_command }}:
-  file.managed:
-  - source: salt://heka/files/heka_logrotate.cron
-  - template: jinja
-  - defaults:
-    service_name: {{ service_name }}
-    logrotate_conf: {{ logrotate_conf }}
-  - user: root
-  - group: root
-  - mode: 755
-  - require:
-    - file: {{ logrotate_conf }}
-  cron.present:
-  - identifier: {{ service_name }}_logrotate_cron
-  - minute: '*/30'
-  - require:
-    - file: {{ logrotate_command }}
-
 heka_{{ service_name }}_service_wrapper:
   file.managed:
   - name: /usr/local/bin/{{ service_name }}_wrapper
diff --git a/heka/files/heka_logrotate.conf b/heka/files/heka_logrotate.conf
index 2e290ad..9e35b33 100644
--- a/heka/files/heka_logrotate.conf
+++ b/heka/files/heka_logrotate.conf
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
   # number of rotated files to keep
   rotate 10
   # do not rotate files unless both size and time conditions are met
-  hourly
+  daily
   minsize 20M
   # force rotate if filesize exceeded 100M
   maxsize 100M
-  # this must map the /var/log directory group ownership
-  su root syslog
 }
diff --git a/heka/files/heka_logrotate.cron b/heka/files/heka_logrotate.cron
deleted file mode 100644
index cc3e249..0000000
--- a/heka/files/heka_logrotate.cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0
-
-LOCK_FILE="/var/lock/logrotate.{{ service_name }}.lock"
-
-lock() {
-    exec 903>$LOCK_FILE
-    flock -n 903 && return 0 || return 1
-}
-
-unlock() {
-    flock -u 903
-}
-
-fail() {
-    if [ -z "$1" ]
-    then
-        MESSAGE="WARNING logrotate failed, no reason provided"
-    else
-        MESSAGE=$1
-    fi
-    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "{{ service_name }} ${MESSAGE}"
-    unlock
-    exit 1
-}
-
-lock || fail "WARNING {{ service_name }} logrotate flock failed, exiting"
-
-
-TMP_FILE=$(/bin/mktemp)
-nice ionice -c3 /usr/sbin/logrotate -s /var/lib/logrotate/{{ service_name }}.status {{ logrotate_conf }} >& $TMP_FILE
-EXITVALUE=$?
-
-if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] || [ -f /etc/centos-release ];
-then
-    # Due to bug in logrotate on centos/rhel, it always returns 0. Use grep for
-    # detect errors; exit code 1 is considered a success as no errors were
-    # found.
-    grep -q error $TMP_FILE
-    EXITVALUE=$?
-    EXPECTEDVALUE=1
-else
-    EXPECTEDVALUE=0
-fi
-rm $TMP_FILE
-
-if [ "${EXITVALUE}" != "${EXPECTEDVALUE}" ]; then
-    fail "ALERT exited abnormally with [${EXITVALUE}] (${EXPECTEDVALUE} was expected)"
-fi
-
-unlock
-exit 0