diff --git a/deluge/log.py b/deluge/log.py
index 9ac0e27d5..ef31f4ddc 100644
--- a/deluge/log.py
+++ b/deluge/log.py
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ def setup_logger(
     else:
         handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=output_stream)
 
-    handler.setLevel(level)
-
     formatter = logging.Formatter(
         DEFAULT_LOGGING_FORMAT % MAX_LOGGER_NAME_LENGTH, datefmt='%H:%M:%S'
     )