diff --git a/query/executor.go b/query/executor.go
index 1f7bf43d00b..810acc17770 100644
--- a/query/executor.go
+++ b/query/executor.go
@@ -298,26 +298,7 @@ func initQueryLogWriter(log *zap.Logger, e *Executor, path string) (*os.File, er
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// If existing logger is a noop then we will just want to log to the provided file
-	if e.Logger == zap.NewNop() {
-		existingCore := log.Core()
-
-		encoderConfig := zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig()
-
-		core := zapcore.NewCore(
-			zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(encoderConfig),
-			zapcore.Lock(logFile),
-			zapcore.InfoLevel,
-		)
-		newCore := zapcore.NewTee(existingCore, core)
-
-		e.Logger = zap.New(newCore).With(zap.String("service", "query"))
-		e.TaskManager.Logger = e.Logger
-		return logFile, nil
-	}
-
-	// If the existing logger exists we just need to register the file to it in order to write to as well
-	existingCore := e.Logger.Core()
+	existingCore := log.Core()
 
 	encoderConfig := zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig()