diff --git a/ecrire/inc_version.php3 b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
index 698e15135c9d45b08e7f1aa6ca9bbf977f89bde5..f6a5fc5c8e370fa2dbe7a697e418bf1ba0177b4b 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc_version.php3
+++ b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ function email_valide($adresse) {
 
 function logrotate() {
 	$logfile = ($flag_ecrire ? "" : "ecrire/") . "data/spip.log";
+	@unlink($logfile.'.3');
 	@rename($logfile.'.2',$logfile.'.3'); 
 	@rename($logfile.'.1',$logfile.'.2'); 
 	@rename($logfile,$logfile.'.1');