diff --git a/userspace/falco/logger.cpp b/userspace/falco/logger.cpp
index fe8ea343..5b2235d9 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/logger.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/logger.cpp
@@ -16,25 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 #include <ctime>
 #include "logger.h"
-#include "chisel_api.h"
 
 #include "falco_common.h"
 #include "banned.h" // This raises a compilation error when certain functions are used
 
-const static struct luaL_reg ll_falco [] =
-{
-	{"syslog", &falco_logger::syslog},
-	{NULL,NULL}
-};
-
 int falco_logger::level = LOG_INFO;
 bool falco_logger::time_format_iso_8601 = false;
 
-void falco_logger::init(lua_State *ls)
-{
-	luaL_openlib(ls, "falco", ll_falco, 0);
-}
-
 void falco_logger::set_time_format_iso_8601(bool val)
 {
 	falco_logger::time_format_iso_8601 = val;
@@ -81,19 +69,6 @@ void falco_logger::set_level(string &level)
 }
 
 
-int falco_logger::syslog(lua_State *ls) {
-	int priority = luaL_checknumber(ls, 1);
-
-	if (priority > LOG_DEBUG) {
-		return luaL_argerror(ls, 1, "falco.syslog: priority must be a number between 0 and 7");
-	}
-
-	const char *msg = luaL_checkstring(ls, 2);
-	::syslog(priority, "%s", msg);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 bool falco_logger::log_stderr = true;
 bool falco_logger::log_syslog = true;
 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/logger.h b/userspace/falco/logger.h
index 82ea6867..529b9253 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/logger.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/logger.h
@@ -19,25 +19,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include "sinsp.h"
 #include <syslog.h>
 
-extern "C" {
-#include "lua.h"
-#include "lualib.h"
-#include "lauxlib.h"
-}
-
 class falco_logger
 {
  public:
-	static void init(lua_State *ls);
 
 	static void set_time_format_iso_8601(bool val);
 
 	// Will throw exception if level is unknown.
 	static void set_level(string &level);
 
-	// value = falco.syslog(level, message)
-	static int syslog(lua_State *ls);
-
 	static void log(int priority, const string msg);
 
 	static int level;