diff --git a/vcsserver/http_main.py b/vcsserver/http_main.py
--- a/vcsserver/http_main.py
+++ b/vcsserver/http_main.py
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def sanitize_settings_and_apply_defaults
     global_settings_maker = SettingsMaker(global_config)
     settings_maker = SettingsMaker(settings)
 
-    settings_maker.make_setting('logging.autoconfigure', True, parser='bool')
+    settings_maker.make_setting('logging.autoconfigure', False, parser='bool')
 
     logging_conf = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(global_config.get('__file__')), 'logging.ini')
     settings_maker.enable_logging(logging_conf)