diff --git a/src/currentprocess.rs b/src/currentprocess.rs
index af3b2548c3a..4523e4e6f85 100644
--- a/src/currentprocess.rs
+++ b/src/currentprocess.rs
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ use cwdsource::*;
 use filesource::*;
 use varsource::*;
 
-use crate::currentprocess;
-
 /// An abstraction for the current process.
 ///
 /// This acts as a clonable proxy to the global state provided by some key OS
@@ -138,8 +136,6 @@ pub fn with<F, R>(process: Process, f: F) -> R
 where
     F: FnOnce() -> R,
 {
-    use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
-
     ensure_hook();
 
     PROCESS.with(|p| {
@@ -147,7 +143,6 @@ where
             panic!("current process already set {old_p:?}");
         }
         *p.borrow_mut() = Some(process);
-        let _guard = tracing_subscriber().set_default();
         let result = f();
         *p.borrow_mut() = None;
         result
@@ -164,35 +159,6 @@ fn ensure_hook() {
     });
 }
 
-fn tracing_subscriber() -> impl tracing::Subscriber {
-    use tracing_subscriber::{
-        filter::{EnvFilter, LevelFilter},
-        layer::SubscriberExt,
-        Layer, Registry,
-    };
-
-    let curr_process = currentprocess::process();
-    let maybe_directives = curr_process.var_os("RUST_LOG").clone();
-    let logger = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
-        .with_writer(move || curr_process.stderr())
-        .with_ansi(false);
-    let console_logger = if let Some(directives) = maybe_directives {
-        let env_filter = EnvFilter::builder()
-            .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
-            .parse_lossy(directives.to_string_lossy());
-        logger.compact().with_filter(env_filter).boxed()
-    } else {
-        // Receive log lines from Rustup only.
-        let env_filter = EnvFilter::new("rustup=DEBUG");
-        logger
-            .event_format(crate::cli::log::EventFormatter)
-            .with_filter(env_filter)
-            .boxed()
-    };
-    // TODO: What about the original otel logger?
-    Registry::default().with(console_logger)
-}
-
 /// Run a function in the context of a process definition and a tokio runtime.
 ///
 /// The process state is injected into a thread-local in every work thread of
@@ -203,8 +169,6 @@ pub fn with_runtime<'a, R>(
     mut runtime_builder: tokio::runtime::Builder,
     fut: impl Future<Output = R> + 'a,
 ) -> R {
-    use tracing::instrument::WithSubscriber;
-
     ensure_hook();
 
     let start_process = process.clone();
@@ -251,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn with_runtime<'a, R>(
             panic!("current process already set {old_p:?}");
         }
         *p.borrow_mut() = Some(process);
-        let result = runtime.block_on(fut.with_subscriber(tracing_subscriber()));
+        let result = runtime.block_on(fut);
         *p.borrow_mut() = None;
         result
     })