diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/syslogger-disable-check-mode.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/syslogger-disable-check-mode.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11eacfca556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/syslogger-disable-check-mode.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - syslogger callback plugin - remove check mode support since it did nothing anyway
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/syslogger.py b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/syslogger.py
index 6f944cf8857..59de03c4145 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/notification/syslogger.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/notification/syslogger.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def run_module():
 
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=module_args,
-        supports_check_mode=True
     )
 
     result = dict(
@@ -141,10 +140,6 @@ def run_module():
         msg=module.params['msg']
     )
 
-    # basically, do nothing.
-    if module.check_mode:
-        return result
-
     # do the logging
     try:
         if module.params['log_pid']: