diff --git a/api/server/middleware.go b/api/server/middleware.go
index 3c5683fad9..10f3275bb1 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware.go
+++ b/api/server/middleware.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func (s *Server) handlerWithGlobalMiddlewares(handler httputils.APIFunc) httputi
 		next = m.WrapHandler(next)
 	}
 
-	if s.cfg.Logging && logrus.GetLevel() == logrus.DebugLevel {
+	if logrus.GetLevel() == logrus.DebugLevel {
 		next = middleware.DebugRequestMiddleware(next)
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 71dcb664c7..89c2902427 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const versionMatcher = "/v{version:[0-9.]+}"
 
 // Config provides the configuration for the API server
 type Config struct {
-	Logging     bool
 	CorsHeaders string
 	Version     string
 	SocketGroup string
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
index dee52700f6..cc1c6af81a 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) getContainerdDaemonOpts() ([]supervisor.DaemonOpt, error)
 
 func newAPIServerConfig(cli *DaemonCli) (*apiserver.Config, error) {
 	serverConfig := &apiserver.Config{
-		Logging:     true,
 		SocketGroup: cli.Config.SocketGroup,
 		Version:     dockerversion.Version,
 		CorsHeaders: cli.Config.CorsHeaders,