diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/mutations/SettingsMutation.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/mutations/SettingsMutation.kt
index 8154d93e..503c0f94 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/mutations/SettingsMutation.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/mutations/SettingsMutation.kt
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ class SettingsMutation {
 
         // misc
         updateSetting(settings.debugLogsEnabled, serverConfig.debugLogsEnabled)
-        updateSetting(settings.gqlDebugLogsEnabled, serverConfig.gqlDebugLogsEnabled)
         updateSetting(settings.systemTrayEnabled, serverConfig.systemTrayEnabled)
         updateSetting(settings.maxLogFiles, serverConfig.maxLogFiles)
         updateSetting(settings.maxLogFileSize, serverConfig.maxLogFileSize)
diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/server/subscriptions/ApolloSubscriptionProtocolHandler.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/server/subscriptions/ApolloSubscriptionProtocolHandler.kt
index c63dc19c..8610fa3d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/server/subscriptions/ApolloSubscriptionProtocolHandler.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/server/subscriptions/ApolloSubscriptionProtocolHandler.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import suwayomi.tachidesk.graphql.server.subscriptions.SubscriptionOperationMess
 import suwayomi.tachidesk.graphql.server.subscriptions.SubscriptionOperationMessage.ServerMessages.GQL_ERROR
 import suwayomi.tachidesk.graphql.server.subscriptions.SubscriptionOperationMessage.ServerMessages.GQL_NEXT
 import suwayomi.tachidesk.graphql.server.toGraphQLContext
-import suwayomi.tachidesk.server.serverConfig
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the `graphql-transport-ws` protocol defined by Denis Badurina
@@ -71,12 +70,6 @@ class ApolloSubscriptionProtocolHandler(
             logger.debug {
                 "GraphQL subscription client message, sessionId=${context.sessionId()} type=${operationMessage.type} operationName=${
                     getOperationName(operationMessage.payload)
-                } ${
-                    if (serverConfig.gqlDebugLogsEnabled.value) {
-                        "operationMessage=$operationMessage"
-                    } else {
-                        ""
-                    }
                 }"
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/types/SettingsType.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/types/SettingsType.kt
index 5953c6f2..fa58aac5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/types/SettingsType.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/graphql/types/SettingsType.kt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ interface Settings : Node {
 
     // misc
     val debugLogsEnabled: Boolean?
+
+    @GraphQLDeprecated("Removed - does not do anything")
     val gqlDebugLogsEnabled: Boolean?
     val systemTrayEnabled: Boolean?
     val maxLogFiles: Int?
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ data class PartialSettingsType(
     override val basicAuthPassword: String?,
     // misc
     override val debugLogsEnabled: Boolean?,
+    @GraphQLDeprecated("Removed - does not do anything")
     override val gqlDebugLogsEnabled: Boolean?,
     override val systemTrayEnabled: Boolean?,
     override val maxLogFiles: Int?,
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ class SettingsType(
     override val basicAuthPassword: String,
     // misc
     override val debugLogsEnabled: Boolean,
+    @GraphQLDeprecated("Removed - does not do anything")
     override val gqlDebugLogsEnabled: Boolean,
     override val systemTrayEnabled: Boolean,
     override val maxLogFiles: Int,
@@ -267,7 +271,7 @@ class SettingsType(
         config.basicAuthPassword.value,
         // misc
         config.debugLogsEnabled.value,
-        config.gqlDebugLogsEnabled.value,
+        false,
         config.systemTrayEnabled.value,
         config.maxLogFiles.value,
         config.maxLogFileSize.value,
diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerConfig.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerConfig.kt
index 62f944bb..e8ae3b44 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerConfig.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerConfig.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ class ServerConfig(
 
     // misc
     val debugLogsEnabled: MutableStateFlow<Boolean> by OverrideConfigValue(BooleanConfigAdapter)
-    val gqlDebugLogsEnabled: MutableStateFlow<Boolean> by OverrideConfigValue(BooleanConfigAdapter)
     val systemTrayEnabled: MutableStateFlow<Boolean> by OverrideConfigValue(BooleanConfigAdapter)
     val maxLogFiles: MutableStateFlow<Int> by OverrideConfigValue(IntConfigAdapter)
     val maxLogFileSize: MutableStateFlow<String> by OverrideConfigValue(StringConfigAdapter)
diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerSetup.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerSetup.kt
index 37999abc..9d4aafc4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerSetup.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/server/ServerSetup.kt
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ fun applicationSetup() {
     )
 
     setupLogLevelUpdating(serverConfig.debugLogsEnabled, listOf(BASE_LOGGER_NAME))
-    // gql "ExecutionStrategy" spams logs with "... completing field ..."
-    // gql "notprivacysafe" logs every received request multiple times (received, parsing, validating, executing)
-    setupLogLevelUpdating(serverConfig.gqlDebugLogsEnabled, listOf("graphql", "notprivacysafe"), Level.WARN)
 
     logger.info("Running Suwayomi-Server ${BuildConfig.VERSION} revision ${BuildConfig.REVISION}")
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/resources/server-reference.conf b/server/src/main/resources/server-reference.conf
index 8265e626..2f6cb2ae 100644
--- a/server/src/main/resources/server-reference.conf
+++ b/server/src/main/resources/server-reference.conf
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ server.basicAuthPassword = ""
 
 # misc
 server.debugLogsEnabled = false
-server.gqlDebugLogsEnabled = false # this includes logs with non privacy safe information
 server.systemTrayEnabled = true
 server.maxLogFiles = 31 # the max number of days to keep files before they get deleted
 server.maxLogFileSize = "10mb" # the max size of a log file - possible values: 1 (bytes), 1KB (kilobytes), 1MB (megabytes), 1GB (gigabytes)
diff --git a/server/src/test/resources/server-reference.conf b/server/src/test/resources/server-reference.conf
index dee08efb..764b8c58 100644
--- a/server/src/test/resources/server-reference.conf
+++ b/server/src/test/resources/server-reference.conf
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ server.basicAuthPassword = ""
 
 # misc
 server.debugLogsEnabled = false
-server.gqlDebugLogsEnabled = false # this includes logs with non privacy safe information
 server.systemTrayEnabled = true
 
 # backup