diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 6bbc1f7..0eb36f3 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -821,8 +821,6 @@
         # Message is a string. Convert to bytes as required by RFC 5424
         if type(msg) is unicode:
             msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
-            if codecs:
-                msg = codecs.BOM_UTF8 + msg
         msg = prio + msg
         try:
             if self.unixsocket:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e35b9f3..71218d7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14452: SysLogHandler no longer inserts a UTF-8 BOM into the message.
+
 - Issue #13496: Fix potential overflow in bisect.bisect algorithm when applied
   to a collection of size > sys.maxsize / 2.