diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useDerivedValue.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useDerivedValue.ts
index 541c1c915dfc..a43ef41ee1bb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useDerivedValue.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useDerivedValue.ts
@@ -73,11 +73,5 @@ export function useDerivedValue<Value>(
     };
   }, dependencies);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      initRef.current = null;
-    };
-  }, []);
-
   return sharedValue;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/logger/logger.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/logger/logger.ts
index 99f8d98cc5b3..da21230734e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/logger/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/logger/logger.ts
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ export function updateLoggerConfig(options?: Partial<LoggerConfig>) {
   registerLoggerConfig({
     ...__reanimatedLoggerConfig,
     // Don't reuse previous level and strict values from the global config
-    level: options?.level ?? LogLevel.warn,
-    strict: options?.strict ?? false,
+    level: options?.level ?? DEFAULT_LOGGER_CONFIG.level,
+    strict: options?.strict ?? DEFAULT_LOGGER_CONFIG.strict,
   });
 }