diff --git a/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go b/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
index dc5e76bfdb..2cc5a3e3db 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 
-	mzlog "github.com/go-micro/plugins/v4/logger/zerolog"
 	"github.com/mohae/deepcopy"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ import (
 	users "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/users/pkg/command"
 	web "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/web/pkg/command"
 	webdav "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/webdav/pkg/command"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/thejerf/suture/v4"
-	"go-micro.dev/v4/logger"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -157,8 +154,6 @@ func Start(o ...Option) error {
 	halt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(halt, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGQUIT, syscall.SIGHUP)
 
-	setMicroLogger()
-
 	// tolerance controls backoff cycles from the supervisor.
 	tolerance := 5
 	totalBackoff := 0
@@ -301,17 +296,3 @@ func trap(s *Service, halt chan os.Signal) {
 	s.Log.Debug().Str("service", "runtime service").Msgf("terminating with signal: %v", s)
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
-
-// for logging reasons we don't want the same logging level on both oCIS and micro. As a framework builder we do not
-// want to expose to the end user the internal framework logs unless explicitly specified.
-func setMicroLogger() {
-	if os.Getenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL") == "" {
-		_ = os.Setenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL", "error")
-	}
-
-	lev, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(os.Getenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL"))
-	if err != nil {
-		lev = zerolog.ErrorLevel
-	}
-	logger.DefaultLogger = mzlog.NewLogger(logger.WithLevel(logger.Level(lev)))
-}