diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 77553c3e014..6c6a04cf1fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ debian/x86_test-gl:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_EXEC: 'env KERNEL_URL=${KERNEL_URL} FDO_CI_CONCURRENT=${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT} bash .gitlab-ci/container/${CI_JOB_NAME}.sh'
     KERNEL_URL: &kernel-rootfs-url "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gfx-ci/linux/-/archive/v5.15-for-mesa-ci-540a4af22d71/linux-v5.15-for-mesa-ci-540a4af22d71.tar.bz2"
-    MESA_IMAGE_TAG: &debian-x86_test-gl "2021-11-02-deqp"
+    MESA_IMAGE_TAG: &debian-x86_test-gl "2021-11-17-syslogd-removal"
 
 # Debian 11 based x86 test image for VK
 debian/x86_test-vk:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_test-gl.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_test-gl.sh
index ce9bec8b91a..9dff100318f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_test-gl.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_test-gl.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ STABLE_EPHEMERAL=" \
 apt-get install -y --no-remove \
       $STABLE_EPHEMERAL \
       clinfo \
-      inetutils-syslogd \
       iptables \
       libclang-common-11-dev \
       libclang-cpp11 \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
index b3ddfcf161e..8f767078227 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ unset XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy  -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
 
-# Crosvm wants this
-syslogd > /dev/null
-
 # We aren't testing LLVMPipe here, so we don't need to validate NIR on the host
 export NIR_VALIDATE=0