--- debian/cron.daily
+++ debian/cron.daily
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 #		Written by Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>.
 #		$Id: cron.daily,v 1.14 2007-05-28 16:33:34 joey Exp $
 
-test -x /usr/sbin/syslogd-listfiles || exit 0
-test -x /sbin/syslogd || exit 0
-test -f /usr/share/sysklogd/dummy || exit 0
-
 set -e
 
 cd /var/log
@@ -41,4 +37,4 @@
 
 # Restart syslogd
 #
-/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload-or-restart > /dev/null
+/etc/init.d/sysklogd --quiet reload
--- debian/cron.weekly
+++ debian/cron.weekly
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 #		Written by Ian A. Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>.
 #		$Id: cron.weekly,v 1.11 2007-05-28 16:33:34 joey Exp $
 
-test -x /usr/sbin/syslogd-listfiles || exit 0
-test -x /sbin/syslogd || exit 0
-test -f /usr/share/sysklogd/dummy || exit 0
-
 set -e
 
 cd /var/log
@@ -40,4 +36,4 @@
 
 # Restart syslogd
 #
-/etc/init.d/sysklogd reload-or-restart > /dev/null
+/etc/init.d/sysklogd --quiet reload