diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
index ef40e7ab4c..6f90f4ac17 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-libvirt
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ EOF"
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Change the libvirtd log level to DEBUG.
-    sudo sed -i s/"#log_level = 3"/"log_level = 1"/ /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
-
     # The user that nova runs as needs to be member of **libvirtd** group otherwise
     # nova-compute will be unable to use libvirt.
     if ! getent group $LIBVIRT_GROUP >/dev/null; then