diff --git a/Shorewall/action.New b/Shorewall/action.New
index 898bf4c3a..bbfcec3fb 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.New
+++ b/Shorewall/action.New
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ use Shorewall::Rules;
 
 my ( $action ) = get_action_params( 1 );
 
-my ( $level, $tag ) = get_action_logging;
-
-$action = join( ':', $action, $level, $tag ) if "${level}${tag}";
-
 if ( my $check = check_state( 'NEW' ) ) {
     perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} NEW" : '' );
 }
diff --git a/Shorewall/action.Untracked b/Shorewall/action.Untracked
index 0f1a1e21d..6270d6fd5 100644
--- a/Shorewall/action.Untracked
+++ b/Shorewall/action.Untracked
@@ -40,16 +40,10 @@ use Shorewall::Rules;
 
 my ( $action ) = get_action_params( 1 );
 
-my ( $level, $tag ) = get_action_logging;
-
-$action = join( ':', $action, $level, $tag ) if "${level}${tag}";
-
 if ( my $check = check_state( 'UNTRACKED' ) ) {
     perl_action_helper( $action, $check == 1 ? "$globals{STATEMATCH} UNTRACKED" : '' );
 }
 
-allow_optimize( get_action_chain );
-
 1;
 
 ?END PERL;