diff --git a/js/ui/main.js b/js/ui/main.js
index e1cc25afa..34a3b0e78 100644
--- a/js/ui/main.js
+++ b/js/ui/main.js
@@ -147,27 +147,9 @@ function _sessionUpdated() {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {any...} args a list of values to log
- */
-function _loggingFunc(...args) {
-    let fields = { 'MESSAGE': args.join(', ') };
-    let domain = 'GNOME Shell';
-
-    // If the caller is an extension, add it as metadata
-    let extension = imports.misc.extensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();
-    if (extension != null) {
-        domain = extension.metadata.name;
-        fields['GNOME_SHELL_EXTENSION_UUID'] = extension.uuid;
-        fields['GNOME_SHELL_EXTENSION_NAME'] = extension.metadata.name;
-    }
-
-    GLib.log_structured(domain, GLib.LogLevelFlags.LEVEL_MESSAGE, fields);
-}
-
 /** @returns {void} */
 async function start() {
-    globalThis.log = _loggingFunc;
+    globalThis.log = console.log;
 
     // Chain up async errors reported from C
     global.connect('notify-error', (global, msg, detail) => {