diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_log.c b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_log.c
index 792caa3012..acc7673a7b 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_log.c
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_log.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
 
-__EXPORT int __px4_log_level_current = PX4_LOG_LEVEL_AT_RUN_TIME;
 
 __EXPORT const char *__px4_log_level_str[_PX4_LOG_LEVEL_PANIC + 1] = { "INFO", "DEBUG", "WARN", "ERROR", "PANIC" };
 __EXPORT const char *__px4_log_level_color[_PX4_LOG_LEVEL_PANIC + 1] =
@@ -33,18 +32,16 @@ void px4_backtrace()
 
 __EXPORT void px4_log_modulename(int level, const char *moduleName, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	if (level <= __px4_log_level_current) {
-		PX4_LOG_COLOR_START
-		printf(__px4__log_level_fmt __px4__log_level_arg(level));
-		PX4_LOG_COLOR_MODULE
-		printf(__px4__log_modulename_pfmt, moduleName);
-		PX4_LOG_COLOR_MESSAGE
-		va_list argptr;
-		va_start(argptr, fmt);
-		vprintf(fmt, argptr);
-		va_end(argptr);
-		PX4_LOG_COLOR_END
-		printf("\n");
-	}
+	PX4_LOG_COLOR_START
+	printf(__px4__log_level_fmt __px4__log_level_arg(level));
+	PX4_LOG_COLOR_MODULE
+	printf(__px4__log_modulename_pfmt, moduleName);
+	PX4_LOG_COLOR_MESSAGE
+	va_list argptr;
+	va_start(argptr, fmt);
+	vprintf(fmt, argptr);
+	va_end(argptr);
+	PX4_LOG_COLOR_END
+	printf("\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/px4_log.h b/src/platforms/px4_log.h
index e51d2e152f..0c518d0202 100644
--- a/src/platforms/px4_log.h
+++ b/src/platforms/px4_log.h
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 
 __EXPORT extern const char *__px4_log_level_str[_PX4_LOG_LEVEL_PANIC + 1];
 __EXPORT extern const char *__px4_log_level_color[_PX4_LOG_LEVEL_PANIC + 1];
-__EXPORT extern int __px4_log_level_current;
 __EXPORT extern void px4_backtrace(void);
 __EXPORT void px4_log_modulename(int level, const char *moduleName, const char *fmt, ...);
 
@@ -138,21 +137,18 @@ __END_DECLS
 
 #define PX4_BACKTRACE() px4_backtrace()
 
-// __px4_log_level_current will be initialized to PX4_LOG_LEVEL_AT_RUN_TIME
-#define PX4_LOG_LEVEL_AT_RUN_TIME	_PX4_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR
-
 /****************************************************************************
  * Implementation of log section formatting based on printf
  *
  * To write to a specific stream for each message type, open the streams and
  * set __px4__log_startline to something like:
- * 	if (level <= __px4_log_level_current) printf(_px4_fd[level],
+ * 	printf(_px4_fd[level],
  *
  * Additional behavior can be added using "{\" for __px4__log_startline and
  * "}" for __px4__log_endline and any other required setup or teardown steps
  ****************************************************************************/
 #define __px4__log_printcond(cond, ...)	    if (cond) printf(__VA_ARGS__)
-#define __px4__log_printline(level, ...)    if (level <= __px4_log_level_current) printf(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __px4__log_printline(level, ...)    printf(__VA_ARGS__)
 
 
 #ifndef MODULE_NAME