diff --git a/qemu-rdp/Cargo.toml b/qemu-rdp/Cargo.toml
index 4c3852d..4266ee5 100644
--- a/qemu-rdp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/qemu-rdp/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 qemu-display = { path = "../qemu-display" }
-tracing = "0.1.37"
+tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.16", features = ["env-filter"] }
 keycodemap = { path = "../keycodemap" }
 bytes = "1.4"
diff --git a/qemu-rdp/src/args.rs b/qemu-rdp/src/args.rs
index 4e82f58..da73e45 100644
--- a/qemu-rdp/src/args.rs
+++ b/qemu-rdp/src/args.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clap::clap_derive::ValueEnum;
-use clap::{crate_name, Parser};
+use clap::Parser;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, ValueEnum)]
 pub enum SecurityProtocol {
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ pub struct ServerArgs {
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct Args {
-    #[clap(short, long, value_parser, default_value_t = format!("{}.log", crate_name!()))]
-    pub log_file: String,
-
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub server: ServerArgs,
 
diff --git a/qemu-rdp/src/main.rs b/qemu-rdp/src/main.rs
index 8d3b054..7dfd6d6 100644
--- a/qemu-rdp/src/main.rs
+++ b/qemu-rdp/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mod util;
 async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let mut args = args::parse();
 
-    setup_logging(args.log_file.as_str()).context("unable to initialize logging")?;
+    setup_logging().context("unable to initialize logging")?;
 
     let dbus = match args.dbus_address.take() {
         None => zbus::Connection::session().await,
@@ -26,27 +26,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn setup_logging(log_file: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    use std::fs::OpenOptions;
-
+fn setup_logging() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     use tracing::metadata::LevelFilter;
     use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
     use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
-    let file = OpenOptions::new()
-        .create(true)
-        .append(true)
-        .open(log_file)
-        .with_context(|| format!("couldn’t open {log_file}"))?;
-
-    let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
-        .compact()
-        .with_ansi(false)
-        .with_writer(file);
+    let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().compact();
 
     let env_filter = EnvFilter::builder()
         .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::WARN.into())
-        .with_env_var("QEMURDP_LOG_LEVEL")
+        .with_env_var("QEMURDP_LOG")
         .from_env_lossy();
 
     tracing_subscriber::registry()