diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/args.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/args.ts
index a30e3a8bbba6d..dc79a6b9db2c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/args.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/args.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,9 @@ interface LaunchArgs {
   viewport: BrowserConfig['viewport'];
   disableSandbox: BrowserConfig['disableSandbox'];
   proxy: BrowserConfig['proxy'];
-  verboseLogging: BrowserConfig['verboseLogging'];
 }
 
-export const args = ({
-  userDataDir,
-  viewport,
-  disableSandbox,
-  proxy: proxyConfig,
-  verboseLogging,
-}: LaunchArgs) => {
+export const args = ({ userDataDir, viewport, disableSandbox, proxy: proxyConfig }: LaunchArgs) => {
   const flags = [
     // Disable built-in Google Translate service
     '--disable-translate',
@@ -59,11 +52,9 @@ export const args = ({
     flags.push('--no-sandbox');
   }
 
-  // TODO remove conditional
-  if (verboseLogging) {
-    flags.push('--enable-logging');
-    flags.push('--v=1');
-  }
+  // log to chrome_debug.log
+  flags.push('--enable-logging');
+  flags.push('--v=1');
 
   if (process.platform === 'linux') {
     flags.push('--disable-setuid-sandbox');
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
index baa25b1662abb..65d8229a6087a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export class HeadlessChromiumDriverFactory {
     const chromiumArgs = args({
       userDataDir,
       viewport,
-      verboseLogging: true,
       disableSandbox: this.browserConfig.disableSandbox,
       proxy: this.browserConfig.proxy,
     });
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ export class HeadlessChromiumDriverFactory {
       const chromiumArgs = args({
         userDataDir,
         viewport,
-        verboseLogging: this.logger.isVerbose,
         disableSandbox: this.browserConfig.disableSandbox,
         proxy: this.browserConfig.proxy,
       });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/level_logger.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/level_logger.ts
index 810ccf253943c..c67a9cd32d50d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/level_logger.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/level_logger.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,17 @@ const trimStr = (toTrim: string) => {
 export class LevelLogger {
   private _logger: any;
   private _tags: string[];
-  private _isVerbose: boolean;
 
   public warn: (msg: string, tags?: string[]) => void;
 
-  static createForServer(server: any, tags: string[], isVerbose = false) {
+  static createForServer(server: any, tags: string[]) {
     const serverLog: ServerLog = (tgs: string[], msg: string) => server.log(tgs, msg);
-    return new LevelLogger(serverLog, tags, isVerbose);
+    return new LevelLogger(serverLog, tags);
   }
 
-  constructor(logger: ServerLog, tags: string[], isVerbose: boolean) {
+  constructor(logger: ServerLog, tags: string[]) {
     this._logger = logger;
     this._tags = tags;
-    this._isVerbose = isVerbose;
 
     /*
      * This shortcut provides maintenance convenience: Reporting code has been
@@ -50,11 +48,7 @@ export class LevelLogger {
     this._logger([...this._tags, ...tags, 'info'], trimStr(msg));
   }
 
-  public get isVerbose() {
-    return this._isVerbose;
-  }
-
   public clone(tags: string[]) {
-    return new LevelLogger(this._logger, [...this._tags, ...tags], this._isVerbose);
+    return new LevelLogger(this._logger, [...this._tags, ...tags]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
index f1ddab8689569..b777773d6aa5f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export interface BrowserConfig {
     server: string;
     bypass?: string[];
   };
-  verboseLogging?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ElementPosition {