diff --git a/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD b/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
index eaa2e8758..c0871895c 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
+++ b/syslog-ng/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 pkgname=syslog-ng
-pkgver=3.14.1
+pkgver=3.19.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Next-generation syslogd with advanced networking and filtering capabilities"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/"
 license=('GPL2' 'LGPL2.1')
-depends=('awk' 'systemd' 'glib2' 'libdbi')
-makedepends=('python2' 'libxslt' 'json-c' 'python3')
-checkdepends=('python3-nose' 'python3-ply')
+depends=('awk' 'libsystemd' 'glib2' 'libdbi')
+makedepends=('libxslt' 'json-c' 'python3')
+checkdepends=('python3-nose' 'python3-ply' 'python2')
 optdepends=('logrotate: for rotating log files'
             'json-c: for json-plugin'
             'curl: for the HTTP module'
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ backup=('etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf'
         'etc/default/syslog-ng@default')
 source=(https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/releases/download/syslog-ng-$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
         syslog-ng.conf syslog-ng.logrotate)
-sha256sums=('0245260dc9942a9a07110948151654a60992e039821358da348fb34356c4e944'
-            '887e4d0e0a0e8d31b639215c36892d90cd32123465d685ae95bbeb0793363544'
+sha256sums=('5cf931a9d7bead0e6d9a2c65eee8f6005a005878f59aa280f3c4294257ed5178'
+            '31cee11ae3c897c51ea01982e1ea838aa8ac730d56661a17e66bd9de5bede1c7'
             '93c935eca56854011ea9e353b7a1da662ad40b2e8452954c5b4b5a1d5b2d5317')
 
 prepare() {
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
index 43140ac70..cc27bd5b5 100644
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@version: 3.13
+@version: 3.17
 @include "scl.conf"
 #
 # /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.d b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.d
deleted file mode 100644
index 05a725e51..000000000
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng
-#
-
-# passed to syslog-ng on config check
-SYSLOG_NG_CHECKOPTS=()
-
-# passed to syslog-ng at startup
-SYSLOG_NG_OPTS=()
diff --git a/syslog-ng/test_systemd_journal.patch b/syslog-ng/test_systemd_journal.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d783863bc..000000000
--- a/syslog-ng/test_systemd_journal.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-@@ -464,18 +464,18 @@ _test_default_facility_test(TestCase *self, TestSource *src, LogMessage *msg)
- void
- _test_program_field_init(TestCase *self, TestSource *src, Journald *journal, JournalReader *reader, JournalReaderOptions *options)
- {
--  MockEntry *entry = mock_entry_new("test _COMM first win");
--  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "_COMM=comm_program");
-+  MockEntry *entry = mock_entry_new("test SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER first win");
-   mock_entry_add_data(entry, "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=syslog_program");
-+  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "_COMM=comm_program");
-   journald_mock_add_entry(journal, entry);
- 
--  entry = mock_entry_new("test _COMM second win");
--  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=syslog_program");
-+  entry = mock_entry_new("test SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER second win");
-   mock_entry_add_data(entry, "_COMM=comm_program");
-+  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=syslog_program");
-   journald_mock_add_entry(journal, entry);
- 
--  entry = mock_entry_new("no _COMM");
--  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=syslog_program");
-+  entry = mock_entry_new("no SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER");
-+  mock_entry_add_data(entry, "_COMM=comm_program");
-   journald_mock_add_entry(journal, entry);
- 
-   self->user_data = journal;
- @@ -487,14 +487,14 @@ _test_program_field_test(TestCase *self, TestSource *src, LogMessage *msg)
-   Journald *journal = self->user_data;
-   gchar *cursor;
-   journald_get_cursor(journal, &cursor);
--  if (strcmp(cursor, "no _COMM") != 0)
-+  if (strcmp(cursor, "no SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER") != 0)
-     {
--      assert_string(log_msg_get_value(msg, LM_V_PROGRAM, NULL), "comm_program", ASSERTION_ERROR("Bad program name"));
-+      assert_string(log_msg_get_value(msg, LM_V_PROGRAM, NULL), "syslog_program", ASSERTION_ERROR("Bad program name"));
-       g_free(cursor);
-     }
-   else
-     {
--      assert_string(log_msg_get_value(msg, LM_V_PROGRAM, NULL), "syslog_program", ASSERTION_ERROR("Bad program name"));
-+      assert_string(log_msg_get_value(msg, LM_V_PROGRAM, NULL), "comm_program", ASSERTION_ERROR("Bad program name"));
-       g_free(cursor);
-       test_source_finish_tc(src);
-     }