diff --git a/janus.c b/janus.c
index db1ca896893..4a3e900e234 100644
--- a/janus.c
+++ b/janus.c
@@ -4101,14 +4101,6 @@ gint main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if(item && item->value && janus_is_true(item->value))
 			daemonize = TRUE;
 	}
-	/* If we're going to daemonize, make sure logging to stdout is disabled and a log file has been specified */
-	if(daemonize && use_stdout) {
-		use_stdout = FALSE;
-	}
-	if(daemonize && logfile == NULL) {
-		g_print("Running Janus as a daemon but no log file provided, giving up...\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
 	/* Daemonize now, if we need to */
 	if(daemonize) {
 		g_print("Running Janus as a daemon\n");
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index f6062d145bf..bc63c3c2868 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -239,21 +239,6 @@ int janus_log_init(gboolean daemon, gboolean console, const char *logfile) {
 		g_print("WARNING: logging completely disabled!\n");
 		g_print("         (no stdout and no logfile, this may not be what you want...)\n");
 	}
-	if(daemon) {
-		/* Replace the standard file descriptors */
-		if (freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin) == NULL) {
-			g_print("Error replacing stdin with /dev/null\n");
-			return -1;
-		}
-		if (freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout) == NULL) {
-			g_print("Error replacing stdout with /dev/null\n");
-			return -1;
-		}
-		if (freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr) == NULL) {
-			g_print("Error replacing stderr with /dev/null\n");
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
 	printthread = g_thread_new(THREAD_NAME, &janus_log_thread, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }