diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replica_controller.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replica_controller.go
index 723b99995a..f577183273 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replica_controller.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replica_controller.go
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ func newDoltBinlogReplicaController() *doltBinlogReplicaController {
 	controller.status.ReplicaIoRunning = binlogreplication.ReplicaIoNotRunning
 	controller.status.ReplicaSqlRunning = binlogreplication.ReplicaSqlNotRunning
 	controller.applier = newBinlogReplicaApplier(controller.filters)
-
-	// TODO: Set the log level in the tests; don't just hardcode it here
-	logger.SetLevel(logrus.TraceLevel)
-
 	return &controller
 }
 
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replication_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replication_test.go
index 99640d3cce..e15ca5d588 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replication_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/binlogreplication/binlog_replication_test.go
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func startDoltSqlServer(dir string) (int, *os.Process, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command("go", "run", "./cmd/dolt",
 		"sql-server",
 		"-uroot",
-		"--loglevel=DEBUG",
+		"--loglevel=TRACE",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--data-dir=%s", dir),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--port=%v", doltPort),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--socket=dolt.%v.sock", doltPort))