diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index a9dd0f2cc..87ac2c56b 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock);
 openlog("xcatd",,"local4");
 # turn off warnings for call to setlogsock.  puts out warning message if
 #   syslog tcp port not defined in /etc/services.  this can safely be ignored.
-no warnings qw(Sys::Syslog);
+no warnings;
 setlogsock(["tcp","unix","stream"]);
-use warnings qw(Sys::Syslog);
+use warnings;
 
 use xCAT::NotifHandler;
 use xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;