diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-04.sh b/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
index 2a8f7972e4..9c2a033aa9 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
-# Limit the maximum journal size
-trap "journalctl --rotate --vacuum-size=20M" EXIT
-
 # shellcheck source=test/units/test-control.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")"/test-control.sh