diff --git a/slapos/recipe/mysql/__init__.py b/slapos/recipe/mysql/__init__.py
index 5a1b6fbea9dcad8d908d17c9246bb5a556d5f7fc..8624d0815d96bd1c78ac8e962cca4a91df0938a7 100644
--- a/slapos/recipe/mysql/__init__.py
+++ b/slapos/recipe/mysql/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class Recipe(GenericBaseRecipe):
         pid_file=self.options['pid-file'],
         socket=self.options['socket'],
         error_log=self.options['error-log'],
-        slow_query_log=self.options['slow-query-log'],
         mysql_database=self.options['database'],
         mysql_user=self.options['user'],
         mysql_password=self.options['password'],
diff --git a/slapos/recipe/mysql/template/my.cnf.in b/slapos/recipe/mysql/template/my.cnf.in
index 82af0f3e0289c98810dd6616bb5487cb07b0a33c..2ec7b71ad12fe6ef88665234fe94533989a30d6b 100644
--- a/slapos/recipe/mysql/template/my.cnf.in
+++ b/slapos/recipe/mysql/template/my.cnf.in
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ socket = %(socket)s
 datadir = %(data_directory)s
 pid-file = %(pid_file)s
 log-error = %(error_log)s
-#log-slow-file = %(slow_query_log)s
 long_query_time = 5
 max_allowed_packet = 128M
 query_cache_size = 32M