diff --git a/services/policies/pkg/command/health.go b/services/policies/pkg/command/health.go
index 15d18fa3e5..223b074be9 100644
--- a/services/policies/pkg/command/health.go
+++ b/services/policies/pkg/command/health.go
@@ -21,13 +21,7 @@ func Health(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := log.NewLogger(
-				log.Name(cfg.Service.Name),
-				log.Level(cfg.Log.Level),
-				log.Pretty(cfg.Log.Pretty),
-				log.Color(cfg.Log.Color),
-				log.File(cfg.Log.File),
-			)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			resp, err := http.Get(
 				fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/services/policies/pkg/command/server.go b/services/policies/pkg/command/server.go
index 1d807a2adb..92802e34cb 100644
--- a/services/policies/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/policies/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			ctx := cfg.Context
 
-			logger := log.NewLogger(
-				log.Name(cfg.Service.Name),
-				log.Level(cfg.Log.Level),
-				log.Pretty(cfg.Log.Pretty),
-				log.Color(cfg.Log.Color),
-				log.File(cfg.Log.File),
-			).SubloggerWithRequestID(ctx)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel).SubloggerWithRequestID(ctx)
 
 			traceProvider, err := tracing.GetTraceProvider(cmd.Context(), cfg.Commons.TracesExporter, cfg.Service.Name)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/services/policies/pkg/config/config.go b/services/policies/pkg/config/config.go
index 15d3112280..51bee34cb2 100644
--- a/services/policies/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/policies/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Events         Events                `yaml:"events"`
 	GRPCClientTLS  *shared.GRPCClientTLS `yaml:"grpc_client_tls"`
 	Context        context.Context       `yaml:"-"`
-	Log            *Log                  `yaml:"log"`
+	LogLevel       string                `yaml:"loglevel" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;POLICIES_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
 	Engine         Engine                `yaml:"engine"`
 	Postprocessing Postprocessing        `yaml:"postprocessing"`
 }
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ type Events struct {
 	AuthPassword         string `yaml:"password" env:"OC_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD;POLICIES_EVENTS_AUTH_PASSWORD" desc:"The password to authenticate with the events broker. The events broker is the OpenCloud service which receives and delivers events between the services." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
 }
 
-// Log defines the available log configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;POLICIES_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;POLICIES_LOG_PRETTY" desc:"Activates pretty log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color" env:"OC_LOG_COLOR;POLICIES_LOG_COLOR" desc:"Activates colorized log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file" env:"OC_LOG_FILE;POLICIES_LOG_FILE" desc:"The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-}
-
 // Debug defines the available debug configuration.
 type Debug struct {
 	Addr   string `yaml:"addr" env:"POLICIES_DEBUG_ADDR" desc:"Bind address of the debug server, where metrics, health, config and debug endpoints will be exposed." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
diff --git a/services/policies/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/policies/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 2791396eb1..45ff341852 100644
--- a/services/policies/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/policies/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -43,15 +43,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 }
 
 func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
-	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.GRPCClientTLS == nil && cfg.Commons != nil {