diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
index 148212f511..6932826d7d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -2628,9 +2628,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// PidFile is the -pidfile parameter
 	PidFile string
 
-	// LogFile is the -D parameter
-	LogFile string
-
 	qemuParams []string
 }
 
@@ -2968,13 +2965,6 @@ func (config *Config) appendPidFile() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (config *Config) appendLogFile() {
-	if config.LogFile != "" {
-		config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, "-D")
-		config.qemuParams = append(config.qemuParams, config.LogFile)
-	}
-}
-
 func (config *Config) appendFwCfg(logger QMPLog) {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = qmpNullLogger{}
@@ -3013,7 +3003,6 @@ func LaunchQemu(config Config, logger QMPLog) (*exec.Cmd, io.ReadCloser, error)
 	config.appendIOThreads()
 	config.appendIncoming()
 	config.appendPidFile()
-	config.appendLogFile()
 	config.appendFwCfg(logger)
 	config.appendSeccompSandbox()
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
index b7428d1019..34ca776dfc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/govmm/qemu/qemu_test.go
@@ -764,8 +764,7 @@ func TestAppendQMPSocketServer(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var pidfile = "/run/vc/vm/iamsandboxid/pidfile"
-var logfile = "/run/vc/vm/iamsandboxid/logfile"
-var qemuString = "-name cc-qemu -cpu host -uuid " + agentUUID + " -pidfile " + pidfile + " -D " + logfile
+var qemuString = "-name cc-qemu -cpu host -uuid " + agentUUID + " -pidfile " + pidfile
 
 func TestAppendStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	config := Config{
@@ -774,14 +773,12 @@ func TestAppendStrings(t *testing.T) {
 		UUID:     agentUUID,
 		CPUModel: "host",
 		PidFile:  pidfile,
-		LogFile:  logfile,
 	}
 
 	config.appendName()
 	config.appendCPUModel()
 	config.appendUUID()
 	config.appendPidFile()
-	config.appendLogFile()
 
 	result := strings.Join(config.qemuParams, " ")
 	if result != qemuString {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index d59d67d801..3e1fd4bfda 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -940,10 +940,6 @@ func (q *qemu) StartVM(ctx context.Context, timeout int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	q.Logger().WithField("vm path", vmPath).Info("created vm path")
-	// append logfile only on debug
-	if q.config.Debug {
-		q.qemuConfig.LogFile = filepath.Join(vmPath, "qemu.log")
-	}
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1108,19 +1104,6 @@ func (q *qemu) StopVM(ctx context.Context, waitOnly bool) (err error) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	if q.config.Debug && q.qemuConfig.LogFile != "" {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(q.qemuConfig.LogFile, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
-		if err == nil {
-			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-			for scanner.Scan() {
-				q.Logger().WithField("file", q.qemuConfig.LogFile).Debug(scanner.Text())
-			}
-			if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-				q.Logger().WithError(err).Debug("read qemu log failed")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if err := q.qmpSetup(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}