diff --git a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/ExecCommand.swift b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/ExecCommand.swift
index af80f8ca..701d82c6 100644
--- a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/ExecCommand.swift
+++ b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/ExecCommand.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc. and the Containerization project authors.
+// Copyright © 2025-2026 Apple Inc. and the Containerization project authors.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ struct ExecCommand: ParsableCommand {
 
     func run() throws {
         do {
-            LoggingSystem.bootstrap(App.standardError)
-            let log = Logger(label: "vmexec")
-
             let src = URL(fileURLWithPath: processPath)
             let processBytes = try Data(contentsOf: src)
             let process = try JSONDecoder().decode(
                 ContainerizationOCI.Process.self,
                 from: processBytes
             )
-            try execInNamespaces(process: process, log: log)
+            try execInNamespaces(process: process)
         } catch {
             App.writeError(error)
             throw error
@@ -58,10 +55,7 @@ struct ExecCommand: ParsableCommand {
         }
     }
 
-    private func execInNamespaces(
-        process: ContainerizationOCI.Process,
-        log: Logger
-    ) throws {
+    private func execInNamespaces(process: ContainerizationOCI.Process) throws {
         let syncPipe = FileHandle(fileDescriptor: 3)
         let ackPipe = FileHandle(fileDescriptor: 4)
 
diff --git a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/RunCommand.swift b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/RunCommand.swift
index d6b1973b..ccd89fd2 100644
--- a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/RunCommand.swift
+++ b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/RunCommand.swift
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
 
     mutating func run() throws {
         do {
-            LoggingSystem.bootstrap(App.standardError)
-            let log = Logger(label: "vmexec")
-
             let spec: ContainerizationOCI.Spec
             do {
                 let bundle = try ContainerizationOCI.Bundle.load(path: URL(filePath: bundlePath))
@@ -44,14 +41,14 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
             } catch {
                 throw App.Failure(message: "failed to load OCI bundle at \(bundlePath): \(error)")
             }
-            try execInNamespace(spec: spec, log: log)
+            try execInNamespace(spec: spec)
         } catch {
             App.writeError(error)
             throw error
         }
     }
 
-    private func childRootSetup(rootfs: ContainerizationOCI.Root, mounts: [ContainerizationOCI.Mount], log: Logger) throws {
+    private func childRootSetup(rootfs: ContainerizationOCI.Root, mounts: [ContainerizationOCI.Mount]) throws {
         // setup rootfs
         try prepareRoot(rootfs: rootfs.path)
         try mountRootfs(rootfs: rootfs.path, mounts: mounts)
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
         spec: ContainerizationOCI.Spec,
         ackPipe: FileHandle,
         syncPipe: FileHandle,
-        log: Logger
     ) throws {
         guard let process = spec.process else {
             throw App.Failure(message: "no process configuration found in runtime spec")
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
             throw App.Errno(stage: "setsid()")
         }
 
-        try childRootSetup(rootfs: root, mounts: spec.mounts, log: log)
+        try childRootSetup(rootfs: root, mounts: spec.mounts)
 
         if process.terminal {
             let pty = try Console()
@@ -223,7 +219,7 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
         return unshareFlags
     }
 
-    private func execInNamespace(spec: ContainerizationOCI.Spec, log: Logger) throws {
+    private func execInNamespace(spec: ContainerizationOCI.Spec) throws {
         let syncPipe = FileHandle(fileDescriptor: 3)
         let ackPipe = FileHandle(fileDescriptor: 4)
 
@@ -241,7 +237,7 @@ struct RunCommand: ParsableCommand {
         }
 
         if processID == 0 {  // child
-            try childSetup(spec: spec, ackPipe: ackPipe, syncPipe: syncPipe, log: log)
+            try childSetup(spec: spec, ackPipe: ackPipe, syncPipe: syncPipe)
         } else {  // parent process
             // Setup cgroup before child enters cgroup namespace
             if let linux = spec.linux {
diff --git a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/vmexec.swift b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/vmexec.swift
index 0f70242c..3286d4e7 100644
--- a/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/vmexec.swift
+++ b/vminitd/Sources/vmexec/vmexec.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc. and the Containerization project authors.
+// Copyright © 2025-2026 Apple Inc. and the Containerization project authors.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ struct App: ParsableCommand {
             RunCommand.self,
         ]
     )
-
-    static let standardErrorLock = NSLock()
-
-    @Sendable
-    static func standardError(label: String) -> StreamLogHandler {
-        standardErrorLock.withLock {
-            StreamLogHandler.standardError(label: label)
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 extension App {