diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-recovery-initramfs.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-recovery-initramfs.bb
index 47b063b7f..a568846e8 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-recovery-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-recovery-initramfs.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
 
 # Remove some packages added via recommendations
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += " \
-    busybox-syslog \
     openssl-conf \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-tiny.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-tiny.bb
index c69cc2667..0d81808b2 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-tiny.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-tiny.bb
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE ?= "8192"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES_remove = "ext4"
 IMAGE_FSTYPES_append = " ext2"
-
-BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "busybox-syslog"
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-trustfence-initramfs.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-trustfence-initramfs.bb
index 4466371a4..303b22728 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-trustfence-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-trustfence-initramfs.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
 
 # Remove some packages added via recommendations
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += " \
-    busybox-syslog \
     openssl-conf \
 "
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
index 4df207044..7ce9d66da 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
 "
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
+    busybox-syslog \
     ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
     ${MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
 "