diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
index 94a01ebfdf..7aec9a7037 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL,
     OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER,
     OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG,
+    # TODO which env vars
     OTEL_LOG_LEVEL,
     OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL,
     OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_FORMAT,
@@ -241,16 +242,14 @@ def _init_logging(
     exporters: Dict[str, Type[LogExporter]],
     resource: Resource = None,
 ):
-    print("_init_logging")
     log_format = environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_FORMAT, logging.BASIC_FORMAT)
-    LEVELS = {
+    levels = {
         "debug": logging.DEBUG,
         "info": logging.INFO,
         "warning": logging.WARNING,
         "error": logging.ERROR,
     }
-    # log_level = LEVELS.get(environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL, "info"), logging.INFO)
-    log_level = LEVELS.get(environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL), logging.INFO)
+    log_level = levels.get(environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL, "info").lower(), logging.INFO)
 
     provider = LoggerProvider(resource=resource)
     set_logger_provider(provider)
@@ -263,12 +262,6 @@ def _init_logging(
 
     handler = LoggingHandler(level=logging.NOTSET, logger_provider=provider)
 
-    # fmt = Formatter(fs, dfs, style)
-    # handler.setFormatter(fmt)    
-    # logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
-    # logging.getLogger().setLevel(log_level)
-    # logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
-
     logging.basicConfig(
         format=log_format,
         level=log_level,