diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
index d3952f653a..564335f6d6 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/health.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/logging"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func Health(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			resp, err := http.Get(
 				fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
index 418dfc0e49..25c1d045dc 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	settingssvc "github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/protogen/gen/opencloud/services/settings/v0"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/metrics"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/middleware"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/proxy"
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 				store.Authentication(cfg.PreSignedURL.SigningKeys.AuthUsername, cfg.PreSignedURL.SigningKeys.AuthPassword),
 			)
 
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 			traceProvider, err := tracing.GetTraceProvider(cmd.Context(), cfg.Commons.TracesExporter, cfg.Service.Name)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
index 37143132b1..3e0ec93084 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	Service Service `yaml:"-"`
 
-	Log   *Log  `yaml:"log"`
-	Debug Debug `yaml:"debug" mask:"struct"`
+	LogLevel string `yaml:"loglevel" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;PROXY_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
+	Debug    Debug  `yaml:"debug" mask:"struct"`
 
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 195d0bed78..187e52be6f 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -298,16 +298,8 @@ func DefaultPolicies() []config.Policy {
 
 // EnsureDefaults adds default values to the configuration if they are not set yet
 func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
-	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for "envdecode".
-	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
-			Level:  cfg.Commons.Log.Level,
-			Pretty: cfg.Commons.Log.Pretty,
-			Color:  cfg.Commons.Log.Color,
-			File:   cfg.Commons.Log.File,
-		}
-	} else if cfg.Log == nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{}
+	if cfg.LogLevel == "" {
+		cfg.LogLevel = "error"
 	}
 
 	if cfg.OIDC.UserinfoCache == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Cache != nil {
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/log.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fdaeaed439..0000000000
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Log defines the available log configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;PROXY_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty" env:"OC_LOG_PRETTY;PROXY_LOG_PRETTY" desc:"Activates pretty log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color" env:"OC_LOG_COLOR;PROXY_LOG_COLOR" desc:"Activates colorized log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file" env:"OC_LOG_FILE;PROXY_LOG_FILE" desc:"The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-}
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/logging/logging.go b/services/proxy/pkg/logging/logging.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 79d37447d4..0000000000
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package logging
-
-import (
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/proxy/pkg/config"
-)
-
-// Configure initializes a service-specific logger instance.
-func Configure(name string, cfg *config.Log) log.Logger {
-	return log.NewLogger(
-		log.Name(name),
-		log.Level(cfg.Level),
-		log.Pretty(cfg.Pretty),
-		log.Color(cfg.Color),
-		log.File(cfg.File),
-	)
-}