diff --git a/roles/float-infra-log-collector/templates/rsyslog-collector.conf.j2 b/roles/float-infra-log-collector/templates/rsyslog-collector.conf.j2
index 68cf5318d403fc259ea865f0bb46089bdda0fe83..d29c59df23afad96eb80328a56e3635df2020436 100644
--- a/roles/float-infra-log-collector/templates/rsyslog-collector.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/float-infra-log-collector/templates/rsyslog-collector.conf.j2
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ ruleset(name="incoming"){
   # they differ just in the way the attributes are generated.
   if (substring($msg, 0, 5) == "@cee:") then {
     action(type="mmjsonparse")
-    unset $!msg;
 
     # Extension point for rules applying to structured logs.
     include(