diff --git a/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml b/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
index b3c2c829f..23d6def24 100644
--- a/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/oidcng/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ oidcng_saml_sp_entityid: https://connect.{{ base_domain }}
 oidcng_idp_metadata_url: https://engine.{{ base_domain }}/authentication/idp/metadata
 oidcng_base_hostname: connect.{{ base_domain }}
 oidcng_logback_email: true
-oidcng_logback_file: true
 oidcng_logback_json: true
 oidcng_idp_sso_location: https://engine.{{ base_domain }}/authentication/idp/single-sign-on
 oidcng_manage_provision_samlsp_client_id: "https://connect.{{ base_domain }}"
diff --git a/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2 b/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
index 553ea78b8..21422750c 100644
--- a/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/oidcng/templates/logback.xml.j2
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
  <logger name="oidc" level="WARN" />
  <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN" />
  <root level="WARN">
-{%if oidcng_logback_file |bool  %}
-   <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
-{%endif%}
 {%if oidcng_logback_email |bool  %}
    <appender-ref ref="EMAIL" />
 {%endif%}