diff --git a/functions/log/index.js b/functions/log/index.js
index c9e76d49e1..559ae99ea2 100644
--- a/functions/log/index.js
+++ b/functions/log/index.js
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ function getMetrics(callback) {
 
 // [START functions_log_stackdriver]
 exports.processLogEntry = data => {
-  // Node 6: data.data === Node 8+: data
-  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data.data.data || data.data, 'base64');
+  const dataBuffer = Buffer.from(data.data, 'base64');
 
   const logEntry = JSON.parse(dataBuffer.toString('ascii')).protoPayload;
   console.log(`Method: ${logEntry.methodName}`);
diff --git a/functions/log/test/index.test.js b/functions/log/test/index.test.js
index 229a2150e0..4ff06ec9e5 100644
--- a/functions/log/test/index.test.js
+++ b/functions/log/test/index.test.js
@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ it('processLogEntry: should process log entry', () => {
   });
 
   const data = {
-    data: {
-      data: Buffer.from(json, 'ascii'),
-    },
+    data: Buffer.from(json, 'ascii'),
   };
 
   sample.program.processLogEntry(data);