diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/chiller3/basicsync/syncthing/SyncthingService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/chiller3/basicsync/syncthing/SyncthingService.kt
index 90e4119..144635e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/chiller3/basicsync/syncthing/SyncthingService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/chiller3/basicsync/syncthing/SyncthingService.kt
@@ -509,8 +509,6 @@ class SyncthingService : Service(), SyncthingStatusReceiver, DeviceStateListener
         prefs = Preferences(this)
         prefs.registerListener(this)
 
-        setLogLevel()
-
         notifications = Notifications(this)
 
         deviceStateTracker = DeviceStateTracker(this)
@@ -609,10 +607,6 @@ class SyncthingService : Service(), SyncthingStatusReceiver, DeviceStateListener
         when (key) {
             in BLOCKED_REASONS_PREFS, in DeviceState.PREFS -> recomputeBlockedReasons = true
             in STATE_CHANGE_PREFS -> {}
-            Preferences.PREF_DEBUG_MODE -> {
-                setLogLevel()
-                return
-            }
             else -> return
         }
 
@@ -629,13 +623,6 @@ class SyncthingService : Service(), SyncthingStatusReceiver, DeviceStateListener
         }
     }
 
-    private fun setLogLevel() {
-        val level = if (prefs.isDebugMode) { "DEBUG" } else { "INFO" }
-        Log.d(TAG, "Setting Syncthing log level to $level")
-
-        Stbridge.setLogLevel(level)
-    }
-
     private fun stateChanged(
         recomputeBlockedReasons: Boolean = false,
         forceShowNotification: Boolean = false,
diff --git a/stbridge/stbridge.go b/stbridge/stbridge.go
index f6125b7..4b13fad 100644
--- a/stbridge/stbridge.go
+++ b/stbridge/stbridge.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"iter"
 	"log"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	_ "net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -167,23 +166,6 @@ func applyProxySettings(proxy string, no_proxy string) {
 	resetProxyConfig()
 }
 
-//go:linkname slogutilSetDefaultLevel github.com/syncthing/syncthing/internal/slogutil.SetDefaultLevel
-func slogutilSetDefaultLevel(level slog.Level)
-
-// This is thread-safe because syncthing's internal levelTracker.SetDefault() is
-// thread-safe.
-func SetLogLevel(level string) error {
-	var slogLevel slog.Level
-
-	if err := slogLevel.UnmarshalText([]byte(level)); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid log level: %q", level)
-	}
-
-	slogutilSetDefaultLevel(slogLevel)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func InitDirs(filesDir string, cacheDir string, externalDir string) error {
 	stLock.Lock()
 	defer stLock.Unlock()