diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell b/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
index 69c0dd964..a32cee8a7 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ $rc = &runcmd("chown root $home");
 if ($rc != 0)
 {
    my $msg = "It fails to chown root $home";
-   if (defined($logenable)) {
-      `logger -t xcat $msg`;
-   }
+   `logger -t xcat $msg`;
    exit 1;
 }
 $rc = &runcmd("chgrp system $home");
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index 38055879b..96a7523be 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 # if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
 #       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
-my $osname = $^0;
-`logger -t xcat $osname`;
 if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
         use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
         use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";