diff --git a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
index 55593d13d4687..7b8dcf46b43ca 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
@@ -98,20 +98,13 @@ export default class KbnServer {
   async listen() {
     await this.ready();
 
-    const { server, config } = this;
+    const { server } = this;
 
     if (process.env.isDevCliChild) {
       // help parent process know when we are ready
       process.send(['SERVER_LISTENING']);
     }
 
-    server.log(
-      ['listening', 'info'],
-      `Server running at ${server.info.uri}${
-        config.get('server.rewriteBasePath') ? config.get('server.basePath') : ''
-      }`
-    );
-
     return server;
   }
 
@@ -137,13 +130,6 @@ export default class KbnServer {
     const loggingConfig = config.get('logging');
     const opsConfig = config.get('ops');
 
-    const subset = {
-      ops: opsConfig,
-      logging: loggingConfig,
-    };
-    const plain = JSON.stringify(subset, null, 2);
-    this.server.log(['info', 'config'], 'New logging configuration:\n' + plain);
-
     reconfigureLogging(this.server, loggingConfig, opsConfig.interval);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/logging/index.js b/src/legacy/server/logging/index.js
index 0a3d7e3e0a5a9..4d9e1a50a08c6 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/logging/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/logging/index.js
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { setupLogging, setupLoggingRotate, attachMetaData } from '@kbn/legacy-logging';
+import { setupLogging, setupLoggingRotate } from '@kbn/legacy-logging';
 
 export async function loggingMixin(kbnServer, server, config) {
-  server.decorate('server', 'logWithMetadata', (tags, message, metadata = {}) => {
-    server.log(tags, attachMetaData(message, metadata));
-  });
+  server.decorate('server', 'logWithMetadata');
 
   const loggingConfig = config.get('logging');
   const opsInterval = config.get('ops.interval');