diff --git a/src/NUnitConsole/nunit-console/Program.cs b/src/NUnitConsole/nunit-console/Program.cs
index 9173be7fd..758cb0c9e 100644
--- a/src/NUnitConsole/nunit-console/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitConsole/nunit-console/Program.cs
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
                     if (Options.WorkDirectory != null)
                         engine.WorkDirectory = Options.WorkDirectory;
 
-                    if (Options.InternalTraceLevel != null)
-                        engine.InternalTraceLevel = (InternalTraceLevel)Enum.Parse(typeof(InternalTraceLevel), Options.InternalTraceLevel);
+                    engine.InternalTraceLevel = Options.InternalTraceLevel != null
+                        ? (InternalTraceLevel)Enum.Parse(typeof(InternalTraceLevel), Options.InternalTraceLevel)
+                        : InternalTraceLevel.Off;
 
                     try
                     {
diff --git a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit-agent/Program.cs b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit-agent/Program.cs
index 953c66482..cc5e6f827 100644
--- a/src/NUnitEngine/nunit-agent/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitEngine/nunit-agent/Program.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
             }
 
             var logName = $"nunit-agent_{pid}.log";
-            InternalTrace.Initialize(Path.Combine(workDirectory, logName), traceLevel);
+            //InternalTrace.Initialize(Path.Combine(workDirectory, logName), traceLevel);
             log = InternalTrace.GetLogger(typeof(NUnitTestAgent));
 
             log.Info($"Agent process {pid} starting");