diff --git a/components/app_trace/gcov/gcov_rtio.c b/components/app_trace/gcov/gcov_rtio.c
index 6744354563..f684e4d7ba 100644
--- a/components/app_trace/gcov/gcov_rtio.c
+++ b/components/app_trace/gcov/gcov_rtio.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #define ESP_GCOV_DOWN_BUF_SIZE  4200
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "esp_gcov_rtio";
 
diff --git a/components/app_trace/host_file_io.c b/components/app_trace/host_file_io.c
index 19bfa51e4f..528bb4ec9b 100644
--- a/components/app_trace/host_file_io.c
+++ b/components/app_trace/host_file_io.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_APPTRACE_ENABLE
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "esp_host_file_io";
 
diff --git a/components/esp_system/dbg_stubs.c b/components/esp_system/dbg_stubs.c
index 1ee9124897..ef49c5524d 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/dbg_stubs.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/dbg_stubs.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     This entry is used by OpenOCD code to invoke other stub entries and allocate memory for them.
  */
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "esp_dbg_stubs";
 
diff --git a/components/esp_system/stack_check.c b/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
index cffff6555a..50822f7baa 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #if CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "stack_chk";
 
diff --git a/components/pthread/pthread.c b/components/pthread/pthread.c
index 1d64cddcc3..c31ed9f68a 100644
--- a/components/pthread/pthread.c
+++ b/components/pthread/pthread.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "pthread_internal.h"
 #include "esp_pthread.h"
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "pthread";
 
diff --git a/components/pthread/pthread_cond_var.c b/components/pthread/pthread_cond_var.c
index bb3a883c46..7ddb8530c2 100644
--- a/components/pthread/pthread_cond_var.c
+++ b/components/pthread/pthread_cond_var.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "esp_pthread";
 
diff --git a/components/pthread/test/test_pthread_cxx.cpp b/components/pthread/test/test_pthread_cxx.cpp
index 69fe3a241e..cb92f14c84 100644
--- a/components/pthread/test/test_pthread_cxx.cpp
+++ b/components/pthread/test/test_pthread_cxx.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #if __GTHREADS && __GTHREADS_CXX0X
 
-#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL
 #include "esp_log.h"
 const static char *TAG = "pthread_test";