diff --git a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
index f3d747b300..bf82231af0 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/external_logging.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def construct_rsyslog_conf_template(settings=settings):
         '$WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog',
         f'$MaxMessageSize {max_bytes}',
         '$IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf',
-        '$ModLoad imuxsock',
+        'module(load="imuxsock" SysSock.Use="off")',
         'input(type="imuxsock" Socket="' + settings.LOGGING['handlers']['external_logger']['address'] + '" unlink="on")',
         'template(name="awx" type="string" string="%rawmsg-after-pri%")',
     ])
diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf b/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
index dec1f8576e..b04bdbcd52 100644
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/files/rsyslog.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog
 $MaxMessageSize 700000
 $IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf
-$ModLoad imuxsock
+module(load="imuxsock" SysSock.Use="off")
 input(type="imuxsock" Socket="/var/run/rsyslog/rsyslog.sock" unlink="on")
 template(name="awx" type="string" string="%msg%")
 action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf b/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
index dec1f8576e..b04bdbcd52 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/rsyslog.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $WorkDirectory /var/lib/awx/rsyslog
 $MaxMessageSize 700000
 $IncludeConfig /var/lib/awx/rsyslog/conf.d/*.conf
-$ModLoad imuxsock
+module(load="imuxsock" SysSock.Use="off")
 input(type="imuxsock" Socket="/var/run/rsyslog/rsyslog.sock" unlink="on")
 template(name="awx" type="string" string="%msg%")
 action(type="omfile" file="/dev/null")