From 22882abbe75dd8828a8fa6f004b63747083fa46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:47:55 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup

---
 esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
index a4db9a02c9..376de54db4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/syslog/esphome_syslog.cpp
@@ -58,10 +58,8 @@ void Syslog::log_(const int level, const char *tag, const char *message, size_t
   size_t ts_written = now.is_valid() ? now.strftime(packet + offset, remaining, "%b %e %H:%M:%S") : 0;
   if (ts_written > 0) {
     offset += ts_written;
-    remaining -= ts_written;
   } else if (remaining > 0) {
     packet[offset++] = '-';
-    remaining--;
   }
 
   // Write hostname, tag, and message