diff --git a/src/currentprocess.rs b/src/currentprocess.rs
index cb54fed2ea..e7d9e553a8 100644
--- a/src/currentprocess.rs
+++ b/src/currentprocess.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ 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
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ pub fn with<F, R>(process: Process, f: F) -> R
 where
     F: FnOnce() -> R,
 {
+    use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
+
     ensure_hook();
 
     PROCESS.with(|p| {
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ where
             panic!("current process already set {old_p:?}");
         }
         *p.borrow_mut() = Some(process);
+        let _guard = console_logger().set_default();
         let result = f();
         *p.borrow_mut() = None;
         result
@@ -159,6 +164,35 @@ fn ensure_hook() {
     });
 }
 
+fn console_logger() -> 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
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 7ee76e7b19..e01100eb52 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -239,10 +239,7 @@ type Tracer = ();
 
 /// A tracer for the tests.
 static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    use crate::currentprocess::{filesource::StderrSource, varsource::VarSource};
-
     use tokio::runtime::Handle;
-    use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, EnvFilter, Layer, Registry};
 
     // Use the current runtime, or the sync test runtime otherwise.
     let handle = match Handle::try_current() {
@@ -251,9 +248,6 @@ static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
     };
 
     let _guard = handle.enter();
-    // TODO: However this will not be set before running the actual test. What now?
-    let curr_process = currentprocess::process();
-    let has_ansi = curr_process.stderr().is_a_tty();
 
     #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
     let tracer = {
@@ -284,6 +278,7 @@ static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let telemetry = {
         use opentelemetry::global;
         use opentelemetry_sdk::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
+        use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, Layer};
 
         global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
 
@@ -292,32 +287,16 @@ static TRACER: Lazy<Tracer> = Lazy::new(|| {
             .with_tracer(tracer.clone())
             .with_filter(env_filter)
     };
-    let console_logger = {
-        let is_verbose = curr_process.var_os("RUST_LOG").is_some();
-        let logger = fmt::layer()
-            .with_writer(move || curr_process.stderr())
-            .with_ansi(has_ansi);
-        if is_verbose {
-            let env_filter =
-                EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new("INFO"));
-            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()
-        }
-    };
     let subscriber = {
+        use tracing_subscriber::Registry;
         #[cfg(feature = "otel")]
         {
-            Registry::default().with(console_logger).with(telemetry)
+            use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+            Registry::default().with(telemetry)
         }
         #[cfg(not(feature = "otel"))]
         {
-            Registry::default().with(console_logger)
+            Registry::default()
         }
     };
     tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).unwrap();