diff --git a/man/syslogd.8 b/man/syslogd.8
index 35809b8..411a345 100644
--- a/man/syslogd.8
+++ b/man/syslogd.8
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .Nd System Log Daemon
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl ?46Adhnrv
+.Op Fl ?46Adhnv
 .Op Fl b Ar :SVC
 .Op Fl f Ar FILE
 .Op Fl l Ar HOST[:HOST]
@@ -178,15 +178,6 @@ The size argument takes optional modifiers; k, M, G.  E.g., 100M is
 The optional number of files kept include both gzipped files and the
 first rotated (not zipped) file.  The default for this, when omitted,
 is 5.
-.It Fl r
-This option enables support for receiving syslog messages over the
-network using an internet domain socket with the
-.Ql syslog
-(514/udp) service, see
-.Xr services 5 .
-The default is to not listen for incoming network connections.  Use the
-.Fl b
-option to override the default listening port.
 .It Fl s NAME
 Specify domain name(s) to be stripped off before logging.  Multiple
 domains may be specified using the colon (':') separator.  Note, no
@@ -300,11 +291,6 @@ to another node running
 .Nm
 where they will be actually logged to a disk file.
 .Pp
-This feature is enabled using the
-.Fl r
-option on the command line.  The default behavior to not listen to
-network connections.
-.Pp
 The strategy is to have syslogd listen on a UNIX domain socket for
 locally generated log messages.  This behavior will allow syslogd to
 inter-operate with the syslog found in the standard C library.  At the
diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index 25201d3..ad3dd6c 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int	  KeepKernFac;		  /* Keep remotely logged kernel facility */
 
 static int	  LastAlarm = 0;	  /* last value passed to alarm() (seconds)  */
 static int	  DupesPending = 0;	  /* Number of unflushed duplicate messages */
-static int	  AcceptRemote = 0;	  /* receive messages that come via UDP */
+static int	  AcceptRemote = 1;	  /* receive messages that come via UDP */
 static char	**StripDomains = NULL;	  /* these domains may be stripped before writing logs */
 static char	**LocalHosts = NULL;	  /* these hosts are logged with their hostname */
 static int	  NoHops = 1;		  /* Can we bounce syslog messages through an intermediate host. */
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	KeepKernFac = 1;
 #endif
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Ab:dhHf:l:m:nP:p:R:rs:v?")) != EOF) {
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Ab:dhHf:l:m:nP:p:R:s:v?")) != EOF) {
 		switch ((char)ch) {
 		case '4':
 			family = PF_INET;
@@ -309,10 +309,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			parse_rotation(optarg, &RotateSz, &RotateCnt);
 			break;
 
-		case 'r': /* accept remote messages */
-			AcceptRemote = 1;
-			break;
-
 		case 's':
 			if (StripDomains) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "Only one -s argument allowed,"