diff --git a/rocclr/utils/debug.cpp b/rocclr/utils/debug.cpp
index 5e126ac2cb..20479c8572 100644
--- a/rocclr/utils/debug.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/utils/debug.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "utils/flags.hpp"
 #endif
 
-#include <mutex>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdarg>
@@ -81,15 +80,6 @@ void log_timestamped(LogLevel level, const char* file, int line, const char* mes
 #endif
 }
 
-FILE* g_pLogFile = nullptr;
-std::once_flag g_iLogFileInitialized;
-
-void createLogFile() {
-  if (!flagIsDefault(AMD_LOG_FILE) && g_pLogFile == nullptr) {
-    g_pLogFile = fopen("rocclr-trace.log", "w");
-  }
-}
-
 void log_printf(LogLevel level, const char* file, int line, const char* format, ...) {
   va_list ap;
 
@@ -98,16 +88,7 @@ void log_printf(LogLevel level, const char* file, int line, const char* format,
   vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), format, ap);
   va_end(ap);
 
-  if (!flagIsDefault(AMD_LOG_FILE)) {
-    std::call_once(amd::g_iLogFileInitialized, amd::createLogFile);
-
-    if (g_pLogFile) {
-      fprintf(g_pLogFile, ":%d:%-25s:%-4d: %010lld: %s\n", level, file, line, Os::timeNanos() / 100ULL, message);
-    }
-  }
-  else {
-    fprintf(stderr, ":%d:%-25s:%-4d: %010lld: %s\n", level, file, line, Os::timeNanos() / 100ULL, message);
-  }
+  fprintf(stderr, ":%d:%-25s:%-4d: %010lld: %s\n", level, file, line, Os::timeNanos() / 100ULL, message);
 }
 
 }  // namespace amd
diff --git a/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp b/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
index ca7e23ef4c..da982e8892 100644
--- a/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/utils/flags.hpp
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
                                                                               \
 release(int, AMD_LOG_LEVEL, 0,                                                \
         "The default log level")                                              \
-release(bool, AMD_LOG_FILE, false,                                            \
-        "By default log file is disabled")                                    \
 release(uint, AMD_LOG_MASK, 0X7FFFFFFF,                                       \
         "The mask to enable specific kinds of logs")                          \
 debug(uint, DEBUG_GPU_FLAGS, 0,                                               \