diff --git a/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_wrapper.cc b/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_wrapper.cc
index b0470bee9446..766283be5705 100644
--- a/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_wrapper.cc
+++ b/src/yb/yql/pgwrapper/pg_wrapper.cc
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ Status PgWrapper::Start() {
     "-D", conf_.data_dir,
     "-p", std::to_string(conf_.pg_port),
     "-h", conf_.listen_addresses,
-    "-c", "logging_collector=on",
-    // FLAGS_log_dir should already be set by tserver during startup.
-    "-c", "log_directory=" + FLAGS_log_dir,
     // Disable listening on a UNIX domain socket
     "-k", ""
   };