diff --git a/policy/modules/system/logging.if b/policy/modules/system/logging.if
index 21c4f5225..a40714ec8 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/logging.if
+++ b/policy/modules/system/logging.if
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ interface(`logging_send_syslog_msg',`
 		type syslogd_t, syslogd_var_run_t, devlog_t;
 	')
 
-	allow $1 devlog_t:lnk_file read_lnk_file_perms;
 	allow $1 devlog_t:sock_file write_sock_file_perms;
 
 	# systemd journal socket is in /run/systemd/journal/dev-log
diff --git a/policy/modules/system/logging.te b/policy/modules/system/logging.te
index d9460fcb0..d748b10db 100644
--- a/policy/modules/system/logging.te
+++ b/policy/modules/system/logging.te
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-policy_module(logging, 1.21.2)
+policy_module(logging, 1.21.3)
 
 ########################################
 #