diff --git a/run_tempest.sh b/run_tempest.sh
index a704684821..8c8f25f5ef 100755
--- a/run_tempest.sh
+++ b/run_tempest.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ function usage {
   echo "  -C, --config             Config file location"
   echo "  -h, --help               Print this usage message"
   echo "  -d, --debug              Run tests with testtools instead of testr. This allows you to use PDB"
-  echo "  -l, --logging            Enable logging"
-  echo "  -L, --logging-config     Logging config file location.  Default is etc/logging.conf"
   echo "  -- [TESTROPTIONS]        After the first '--' you can pass arbitrary arguments to testr "
 }
 
@@ -31,10 +29,8 @@ force=0
 wrapper=""
 config_file=""
 update=0
-logging=0
-logging_config=etc/logging.conf
 
-if ! options=$(getopt -o VNnfusthdC:lL: -l virtual-env,no-virtual-env,no-site-packages,force,update,smoke,serial,help,debug,config:,logging,logging-config: -- "$@")
+if ! options=$(getopt -o VNnfusthdC:lL: -l virtual-env,no-virtual-env,no-site-packages,force,update,smoke,serial,help,debug,config: -- "$@")
 then
     # parse error
     usage
@@ -55,8 +51,6 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     -C|--config) config_file=$2; shift;;
     -s|--smoke) testrargs+="smoke";;
     -t|--serial) serial=1;;
-    -l|--logging) logging=1;;
-    -L|--logging-config) logging_config=$2; shift;;
     --) [ "yes" == "$first_uu" ] || testrargs="$testrargs $1"; first_uu=no  ;;
     *) testrargs="$testrargs $1";;
   esac
@@ -69,16 +63,6 @@ if [ -n "$config_file" ]; then
     export TEMPEST_CONFIG=`basename "$config_file"`
 fi
 
-if [ $logging -eq 1 ]; then
-    if [ ! -f "$logging_config" ]; then
-        echo "No such logging config file: $logging_config"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    logging_config=`readlink -f "$logging_config"`
-    export TEMPEST_LOG_CONFIG_DIR=`dirname "$logging_config"`
-    export TEMPEST_LOG_CONFIG=`basename "$logging_config"`
-fi
-
 cd `dirname "$0"`
 
 if [ $no_site_packages -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index a6212fb123..b86e82e605 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -1436,6 +1436,13 @@ class TempestConfigPrivate(object):
             _CONF([], project='tempest', default_config_files=config_files)
         else:
             _CONF([], project='tempest')
+
+        logging_cfg_path = "%s/logging.conf" % os.path.dirname(path)
+        if (not hasattr(_CONF, 'log_config_append') and
+            os.path.isfile(logging_cfg_path)):
+            # if logging conf is in place we need to set log_config_append
+            _CONF.log_config_append = logging_cfg_path
+
         logging.setup(_CONF, 'tempest')
         LOG = logging.getLogger('tempest')
         LOG.info("Using tempest config file %s" % path)