diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 0151124596..1ca883afb2 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -976,9 +976,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    /* initialize early logging */
-    virLogSetFromEnv();
-
     if (strstr(argv[0], "lt-libvirtd") ||
         strstr(argv[0], "/daemon/.libs/libvirtd")) {
         char *tmp = strrchr(argv[0], '/');