diff --git a/internal/debug/flags.go b/internal/debug/flags.go
index 0e05975c7e..8c98e6fbdc 100644
--- a/internal/debug/flags.go
+++ b/internal/debug/flags.go
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ func Setup(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	glogger = log.NewGlogHandler(handler)
 
 	// logging
-	verbosity := log.FromLegacyLevel(ctx.Int(verbosityFlag.Name))
-	glogger.Verbosity(verbosity)
+	//verbosity := log.FromLegacyLevel(ctx.Int(verbosityFlag.Name))
+	//glogger.Verbosity(verbosity)
 	vmodule := ctx.String(logVmoduleFlag.Name)
 	if vmodule == "" {
 		// Retain backwards compatibility with `--vmodule` flag if `--log.vmodule` not set
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func Setup(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	glogger.Vmodule(vmodule)
 
-	log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
+	//log.SetDefault(log.NewLogger(glogger))
 
 	// profiling, tracing
 	runtime.MemProfileRate = memprofilerateFlag.Value