diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb
index dfce507b33..29c3843d16 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/buffered_logger.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(log))
         @log = open(log, (File::WRONLY | File::APPEND | File::CREAT))
         @log.sync = true
-        @log.write("# Logfile created on %s" % [Time.now.to_s])
       end
     end