diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 946d60dcb..7a9334c62 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -11,19 +11,17 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # require 'syslog/logger'
   # config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(Syslog::Logger.new 'app-name')
 
-  MAX_LOG_MEGABYTES = 50
-  config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(config.paths['log'].first, 1, MAX_LOG_MEGABYTES * 1024 * 1024)
+  if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
+    config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
+  else
+    MAX_LOG_MEGABYTES = 50
+    config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(config.paths['log'].first, 1, MAX_LOG_MEGABYTES * 1024 * 1024)
+  end
 
   require 'custom_log_formatter'
   config.log_formatter = CustomLogFormatter.new
   config.logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
 
-  if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
-    logger           = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
-    logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
-    config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
-  end
-
   # Eager load code on boot. This eager loads most of Rails and
   # your application in memory, allowing both threaded web servers
   # and those relying on copy on write to perform better.
@@ -98,9 +96,6 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Send deprecation notices to registered listeners.
   config.active_support.deprecation = :notify
 
-  # Use default logging formatter so that PID and timestamp are not suppressed.
-  config.log_formatter = ::Logger::Formatter.new
-
   # Do not dump schema after migrations.
   # config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
 end