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diff --git a/src/model/cloud-runner/remote-client/index.ts b/src/model/cloud-runner/remote-client/index.ts
index c129724f..5791c35e 100644
--- a/src/model/cloud-runner/remote-client/index.ts
+++ b/src/model/cloud-runner/remote-client/index.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ import BuildParameters from '../../build-parameters';
 export class RemoteClient {
   @CliFunction(`remote-cli-pre-build`, `sets up a repository, usually before a game-ci build`)
   static async runRemoteClientJob() {
-    assert(
-      (await CloudRunnerSystem.Run(`cat /var/log/syslog`, false, true)).includes(
-        `cloud runner build workflow starting`,
-      ),
-      'System logs must include startup message',
-    );
-
     CloudRunnerLogger.log(`bootstrap game ci cloud runner...`);
     if (!(await RemoteClient.handleRetainedWorkspace())) {
       await RemoteClient.bootstrapRepository();
diff --git a/src/model/cloud-runner/workflows/build-automation-workflow.ts b/src/model/cloud-runner/workflows/build-automation-workflow.ts
index b17c6626..1864023a 100644
--- a/src/model/cloud-runner/workflows/build-automation-workflow.ts
+++ b/src/model/cloud-runner/workflows/build-automation-workflow.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class BuildAutomationWorkflow implements WorkflowInterface {
 
     return `echo "cloud runner build workflow starting"
       apt-get update > /dev/null
-      apt-get install -y curl tar tree npm git-lfs jq git rsyslog > /dev/null
+      apt-get install -y curl tar tree npm git-lfs jq git > /dev/null
       npm i -g n > /dev/null
       n 16.15.1 > /dev/null
       npm --version