diff -uNr qemu-3.1.0/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c qemu-3.1.0.mod/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c
--- qemu-3.1.0/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c	2018-12-11 19:44:34.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu-3.1.0.mod/fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.c	2018-12-29 00:45:59.721725318 +0200
@@ -62,21 +62,13 @@
     va_list ap;
 
     va_start(ap, format);
-    if (is_daemon) {
-        vsyslog(LOG_CRIT, format, ap);
-    } else {
-        vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
-    }
+    vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
 static void do_perror(const char *string)
 {
-    if (is_daemon) {
-        syslog(LOG_CRIT, "%s:%s", string, strerror(errno));
-    } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s:%s\n", string, strerror(errno));
-    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%s\n", string, strerror(errno));
 }
 
 static int do_cap_set(cap_value_t *cap_value, int size, int reset)