diff --git a/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2 b/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
index 3ca5f323d..57a1df06e 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-config/templates/ceph.conf.j2
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ mon host = {% if nb_mon > 0 %}
 
 {% if containerized_deployment %}
 fsid = {{ fsid }}
+log file = /dev/null
 mon host = {% if nb_mon > 0 %}
 {% for host in groups[mon_group_name] -%}
     {% if monitor_address_block != 'subnet' %}
diff --git a/roles/ceph-docker-common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-docker-common/defaults/main.yml
index c9a5ea514..ed97d539c 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-docker-common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-docker-common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 ---
-ceph_conf_overrides:
-  global:
-    log_file: /dev/null