--- tools/greenbone-nvt-sync.in	2020-08-11 07:00:25.000000000 -0500
+++ tools/greenbone-nvt-sync.in	2021-01-02 02:45:37.863324000 -0500
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
 LOG_CMD="logger -t $SCRIPT_NAME"
 
 check_logger () {
-  logger --socket-error=on -p daemon.info -t $SCRIPT_NAME "Checking logger" --no-act 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+  logger -p daemon.info -t $SCRIPT_NAME "Checking logger"  1>/dev/null 2>&1
   if [ $? -gt 0 ]
   then
-    LOG_CMD="logger --socket-error=off -s -t $SCRIPT_NAME"
+    LOG_CMD="logger -s -t $SCRIPT_NAME"
     $LOG_CMD -p daemon.warning "The log facility is not working as expected. All messages will be written to the standard error stream."
   fi
 }
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
         log_err "rsync failed, aborting synchronization."
         exit 1
       fi
-      eval "cd \"$NVT_DIR\" ; md5sum -c --status \"$NVT_DIR/md5sums\""
+      eval "cd \"$NVT_DIR\" ; xargs -n 2 md5 -c < \"$NVT_DIR/md5sums\" > /dev/null"
       if [ $? -ne 0 ]  ; then
         if [ -n "$retried" ]
         then
@@ -462,10 +462,10 @@
 
 do_self_test ()
 {
-  MD5SUM_AVAIL=`command -v md5sum`
+  MD5SUM_AVAIL=`command -v md5`
   if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
     SELFTEST_FAIL=1
-    stderr_write "The md5sum binary could not be found."
+    stderr_write "The md5 binary could not be found."
   fi
 
   RSYNC_AVAIL=`command -v rsync`