diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/validate.conf.sigil b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/validate.conf.sigil
index 232fd6d51..cb6a556c5 100644
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/validate.conf.sigil
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/templates/validate.conf.sigil
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 events { worker_connections 768; }
-http { include {{ $.NGINX_CONF }}; }
+http {
+  access_log off;
+  error_log /dev/null;
+  include {{ $.NGINX_CONF }};
+}