diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
index 421d398d32f2..72f307c43202 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 TIMEOUT_KEEP_ALIVE = 5  # seconds
 
-logger = init_logger(__name__)
 engine: AsyncLLMEngine
 engine_args: AsyncEngineArgs
 openai_serving_chat: OpenAIServingChat