diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index b1539b10d3..e6d73cc142 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -3103,10 +3103,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    /* Set error logging priority to debug, so client errors don't
-     * show up as errors in the daemon log */
-    virErrorSetLogPriority(VIR_LOG_DEBUG);
-
     while (1) {
         int optidx = 0;
         int c;
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index c7e4772250..003fc63d31 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ virAuditSend;
 # virterror_internal.h
 virDispatchError;
 virErrorMsg;
-virErrorSetLogPriority;
 virRaiseErrorFull;
 virReportErrorHelper;
 virReportOOMErrorFull;
diff --git a/src/util/virterror.c b/src/util/virterror.c
index 3dd6256f50..91302846b5 100644
--- a/src/util/virterror.c
+++ b/src/util/virterror.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ virThreadLocal virLastErr;
 
 virErrorFunc virErrorHandler = NULL;     /* global error handler */
 void *virUserData = NULL;        /* associated data */
-static int virErrorLogPriority = -1;
 
 /*
  * Macro used to format the message as a string in virRaiseError
@@ -725,13 +724,8 @@ virRaiseErrorFull(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     /*
      * Hook up the error or warning to the logging facility
      * XXXX should we include filename as 'category' instead of domain name ?
-     *
-     * When an explicit error log priority is set then use it, otherwise
-     * translate the error level to the log priority. This is used by libvirtd
-     * to log client errors at debug priority.
      */
-    priority = virErrorLogPriority == -1 ? virErrorLevelPriority(level)
-                                         : virErrorLogPriority;
+    priority = virErrorLevelPriority(level);
     virLogMessage(virErrorDomainName(domain), priority,
                   funcname, linenr, 1, "%s", str);
 
@@ -1341,9 +1335,3 @@ void virReportOOMErrorFull(int domcode,
                       domcode, VIR_ERR_NO_MEMORY, VIR_ERR_ERROR,
                       virerr, NULL, NULL, -1, -1, virerr, NULL);
 }
-
-void
-virErrorSetLogPriority(int priority)
-{
-    virErrorLogPriority = priority;
-}
diff --git a/src/util/virterror_internal.h b/src/util/virterror_internal.h
index 2dd2b4aff4..601a88472f 100644
--- a/src/util/virterror_internal.h
+++ b/src/util/virterror_internal.h
@@ -89,6 +89,5 @@ void virReportOOMErrorFull(int domcode,
 int virSetError(virErrorPtr newerr);
 void virDispatchError(virConnectPtr conn);
 const char *virStrerror(int theerrno, char *errBuf, size_t errBufLen);
-void virErrorSetLogPriority(int priority);
 
 #endif