diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 16caf02e..f5fcb567 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-msrv = "1.60.0"
+msrv = "1.61.0"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index b21666f6..fa8bea66 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -684,18 +684,6 @@ fn validate_config(cfg: &ConfigItems) -> Result<(), Error> {
         }
     }
 
-    if let Some(log_file) = &cfg.log_file {
-        if std::fs::OpenOptions::new().append(true).create(true).open(log_file).is_err() {
-            err!("Unable to write to log file", log_file);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if let Some(log_file) = &cfg.log_file {
-        if std::fs::OpenOptions::new().append(true).create(true).open(log_file).is_err() {
-            err!("Unable to write to log file", log_file);
-        }
-    }
-
     let dom = cfg.domain.to_lowercase();
     if !dom.starts_with("http://") && !dom.starts_with("https://") {
         err!(