diff --git a/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py b/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
index 9bb97696fea..e495a417ab9 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/l3/keepalived_state_change.py
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ def configure(conf):
     config.register_common_config_options()
     config.init(sys.argv[1:])
     conf.set_override('log_dir', cfg.CONF.conf_dir)
-    conf.set_override('debug', True)
     conf.set_override('use_syslog', True)
     config.setup_logging()
     privileged.default.set_client_mode(False)
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/l3/test_keepalived_state_change.py b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/l3/test_keepalived_state_change.py
index 7eec79aaf3f..60b4451436c 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/l3/test_keepalived_state_change.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/l3/test_keepalived_state_change.py
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ class TestMonitorDaemon(base.BaseLoggingTestCase):
             '--pid_file=%s' % self.pid_file,
             '--state_path=%s' % self.conf_dir,
             '--user=%s' % os.geteuid(),
-            '--group=%s' % os.getegid()]
+            '--group=%s' % os.getegid(),
+            '--debug',
+        ]
 
     def _search_in_file(self, file_name, text):
         def text_in_file():