diff --git a/syslogd.c b/syslogd.c
index fb4cca2..9049446 100644
--- a/syslogd.c
+++ b/syslogd.c
@@ -417,12 +417,6 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)syslogd.c	5.27 (Berkeley) 10/10/88";
  *	file is defined in the used libc and should not be hardcoded
  *	into the syslogd binary referring the system it was compiled on.
  *
- * Sun Sep 17 20:45:33 CEST 2000: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.ffis.de>
- *	Fixed some bugs in printline() code that did not escape
- *	control characters '\177' through '\237' and contained a
- *	single-byte buffer overflow.  Thanks to Solar Designer
- *	<solar@false.com>.
- *
  * Sun Sep 17 21:26:16 CEST 2000: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.ffis.de>
  *	Don't close open sockets upon reload.  Thanks to Bill
  *	Nottingham.
@@ -1494,16 +1488,11 @@ void printline(hname, msg)
 	memset (line, 0, sizeof(line));
 	q = line;
 	while ((c = *p++) && q < &line[sizeof(line) - 4]) {
-		if (c == '\n')
+		if (c == '\n' || c == 127)
 			*q++ = ' ';
 		else if (c < 040) {
 			*q++ = '^';
 			*q++ = c ^ 0100;
-		} else if (c == 0177 || (c & 0177) < 040) {
-			*q++ = '\\';
-			*q++ = '0' + ((c & 0300) >> 6);
-			*q++ = '0' + ((c & 0070) >> 3);
-			*q++ = '0' + (c & 0007);
 		} else
 			*q++ = c;
 	}