diff --git a/platform/logger/log_sender.go b/platform/logger/log_sender.go
index 615527cd9..46d48bb61 100644
--- a/platform/logger/log_sender.go
+++ b/platform/logger/log_sender.go
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ func (logSender *LogSender) EatLogMessage(msg []byte) struct {
 	} else {
 		addedBefore := false
 		if !bufferLengthCondition && len(logSender.LogBuffer) == 0 { // msg longer than buffer, let's cut it
-			cutMark := []byte("...\n")
-			charToCut := len(msg) + len(cutMark) - cap(logSender.LogBuffer)
-			if charToCut < len(msg) {
-				msgCut := msg[:len(msg)-charToCut]
-				logSender.LogBuffer = append(logSender.LogBuffer, msgCut...)
-				logSender.LogBuffer = append(logSender.LogBuffer, cutMark...)
-				addedBefore = true
-			}
+
+			// Keep it simple. Drop the message if it is too long.
+			//
+			// We were cutting the message before, but it leads to broken JSONs. These JSONs where dropped by the collector
+			// afterward.
+			//
+			addedBefore = true
+
 		} else if len(logSender.LogBuffer)+len(msg) <= cap(logSender.LogBuffer) { // still fits in buffer
 			logSender.LogBuffer = append(logSender.LogBuffer, msg...)
 			addedBefore = true
diff --git a/platform/logger/log_sender_test.go b/platform/logger/log_sender_test.go
index e93a34df4..20ecab243 100644
--- a/platform/logger/log_sender_test.go
+++ b/platform/logger/log_sender_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestLogSenderSmallBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	const URL = "http://localhost:8091"
 	const LOG_MESSAGE = "log message"
 	barrier := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	barrier.Add(ITERATIONS)
+	barrier.Add(0) // all messages will be dropped
 	handler := &Handler{barrier: barrier}
 	go startHttpServer(handler, ":8091")
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestLogSenderSmallBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, true, result.timeCondition)
 	}
 	barrier.Wait()
-	assert.Equal(t, int(handler.counter.Load()), BUFFER_SIZE*ITERATIONS)
+	assert.Equal(t, int(handler.counter.Load()), 0)
 }
 
 func TestLogSenderSmallElapsedTime(t *testing.T) {