diff --git a/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs b/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
index b18810adbe..0a119de92a 100644
--- a/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/bin/local_proxy.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct SqlOverHttpArgs {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let _logging_guard = proxy::logging::init().await?;
+    let _logging_guard = proxy::logging::init_local_proxy()?;
     let _panic_hook_guard = utils::logging::replace_panic_hook_with_tracing_panic_hook();
     let _sentry_guard = init_sentry(Some(GIT_VERSION.into()), &[]);
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // in order to trigger the appropriate SIGHUP on config change.
     //
     // This also claims a "lock" that makes sure only one instance
-    // of local-proxy runs at a time.
+    // of local_proxy runs at a time.
     let _process_guard = loop {
         match pid_file::claim_for_current_process(&args.pid_path) {
             Ok(guard) => break guard,
@@ -164,12 +164,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         16,
     ));
 
-    // write the process ID to a file so that compute-ctl can find our process later
-    // in order to trigger the appropriate SIGHUP on config change.
-    let pid = std::process::id();
-    info!("process running in PID {pid}");
-    std::fs::write(args.pid_path, format!("{pid}\n")).context("writing PID to file")?;
-
     let mut maintenance_tasks = JoinSet::new();
 
     let refresh_config_notify = Arc::new(Notify::new());
@@ -182,9 +176,9 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // trigger the first config load **after** setting up the signal hook
     // to avoid the race condition where:
-    // 1. No config file registered when local-proxy starts up
+    // 1. No config file registered when local_proxy starts up
     // 2. The config file is written but the signal hook is not yet received
-    // 3. local-proxy completes startup but has no config loaded, despite there being a registerd config.
+    // 3. local_proxy completes startup but has no config loaded, despite there being a registerd config.
     refresh_config_notify.notify_one();
     tokio::spawn(refresh_config_loop(args.config_path, refresh_config_notify));
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/logging.rs b/proxy/src/logging.rs
index 2e773fabb3..a34eb820f8 100644
--- a/proxy/src/logging.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/logging.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+use tracing::Subscriber;
 use tracing_subscriber::{
     filter::{EnvFilter, LevelFilter},
+    fmt::{
+        format::{Format, Full},
+        time::SystemTime,
+        FormatEvent, FormatFields,
+    },
     prelude::*,
+    registry::LookupSpan,
 };
 
 /// Initialize logging and OpenTelemetry tracing and exporter.
@@ -33,6 +40,45 @@ pub async fn init() -> anyhow::Result<LoggingGuard> {
     Ok(LoggingGuard)
 }
 
+/// Initialize logging for local_proxy with log prefix and no opentelemetry.
+///
+/// Logging can be configured using `RUST_LOG` environment variable.
+pub fn init_local_proxy() -> anyhow::Result<LoggingGuard> {
+    let env_filter = EnvFilter::builder()
+        .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
+        .from_env_lossy();
+
+    let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+        .with_ansi(false)
+        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
+        .event_format(LocalProxyFormatter(Format::default().with_target(false)));
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(env_filter)
+        .with(fmt_layer)
+        .try_init()?;
+
+    Ok(LoggingGuard)
+}
+
+pub struct LocalProxyFormatter(Format<Full, SystemTime>);
+
+impl<S, N> FormatEvent<S, N> for LocalProxyFormatter
+where
+    S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>,
+    N: for<'a> FormatFields<'a> + 'static,
+{
+    fn format_event(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &tracing_subscriber::fmt::FmtContext<'_, S, N>,
+        mut writer: tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Writer<'_>,
+        event: &tracing::Event<'_>,
+    ) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        writer.write_str("[local_proxy] ")?;
+        self.0.format_event(ctx, writer, event)
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct LoggingGuard;
 
 impl Drop for LoggingGuard {