diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 273253ad4f..8d21f78207 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ evaluation environments, and reinforcement-learning workloads.
   screenshots, and low-frequency CPU-rendered DevTools screencast frames.
 - **Controllable operational options** — profiles, cookies, HTTP cache, proxies,
   resource families, connection limits, timeouts, private-network policy,
-  user-agent overrides, structured logging, and network diagnostics are all
+  user-agent overrides, diagnostic logging, and network diagnostics are all
   available.
 
 ## Moli's relationship with Lexmount
diff --git a/moli-frontend-smoke/moli_frontend_smoke/browsers.py b/moli-frontend-smoke/moli_frontend_smoke/browsers.py
index e28a3762cd..c349792321 100644
--- a/moli-frontend-smoke/moli_frontend_smoke/browsers.py
+++ b/moli-frontend-smoke/moli_frontend_smoke/browsers.py
@@ -272,8 +272,6 @@ async def start_moli(binary: Path, *, max_connections: int) -> BrowserProcess:
             cache_dir,
             "--log-level",
             "info",
-            "--log-format",
-            "logfmt",
         ],
     )
 
diff --git a/moli/src/cli.rs b/moli/src/cli.rs
index a5d5ae3a89..fa43063216 100644
--- a/moli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/moli/src/cli.rs
@@ -465,9 +465,6 @@ pub struct CommonArgs {
     #[arg(short = 'L', long, value_enum)]
     pub log_level: Option<LogLevel>,
 
-    #[arg(long, value_enum)]
-    pub log_format: Option<LogFormat>,
-
     #[arg(long, num_args = 0..=1, default_missing_value = "")]
     pub log_filter_scopes: Option<String>,
 
@@ -535,13 +532,6 @@ impl LogLevel {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum)]
-#[value(rename_all = "snake_case")]
-pub enum LogFormat {
-    Pretty,
-    Logfmt,
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum)]
 #[value(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum DumpFormat {
diff --git a/moli/src/config.rs b/moli/src/config.rs
index 2c93c444bf..19fd9832bf 100644
--- a/moli/src/config.rs
+++ b/moli/src/config.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ use moli_fetch::{FetchConfig, WebBotAuthProfile, WebBotAuthSigner};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use crate::cli::{
-    Cli, Commands, CommonArgs, DumpFormat, LogFormat, StripOptions, WebBotAuthProfileChoice,
-};
+use crate::cli::{Cli, Commands, CommonArgs, DumpFormat, StripOptions, WebBotAuthProfileChoice};
 use crate::network_trace::NetworkTraceConfigSummary;
 
 pub use moli_protocol_server::ServerConfig;
@@ -200,7 +198,6 @@ fn apply_common_args(config: &mut AppConfig, common: &CommonArgs) -> Result<()>
         config.add_document_start_script(source);
     }
 
-    config.fetch.log_format = common.log_format;
     config.fetch.log_filter_scopes = common.log_filter_scopes.clone();
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -293,7 +290,6 @@ pub struct FetchCommandConfig {
     pub cookie_files: Vec<String>,
     // CLI request headers only apply to the top-level fetch command.
     pub request_headers: Vec<(String, String)>,
-    pub log_format: Option<LogFormat>,
     pub log_filter_scopes: Option<String>,
 }
 
diff --git a/moli/tests/cli.rs b/moli/tests/cli.rs
index 1ab53c7b03..ed253d3135 100644
--- a/moli/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/moli/tests/cli.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use moli::cli::{
-    Cli, Commands, CommonArgs, DumpFormat, FetchArgs, FetchWaitUntil, LogFormat, LogLevel,
-    RequestHeaderArg, ResponseJsonPathArg, ResponseRegexArg, ServeArgs, StripModeChoice,
-    StripOptions, WebBotAuthProfileChoice, normalize_args_for_compat,
+    Cli, Commands, CommonArgs, DumpFormat, FetchArgs, FetchWaitUntil, LogLevel, RequestHeaderArg,
+    ResponseJsonPathArg, ResponseRegexArg, ServeArgs, StripModeChoice, StripOptions,
+    WebBotAuthProfileChoice, normalize_args_for_compat,
 };
 use moli::config::AppConfig;
 use moli_browser_profile::BrowserProfilePaths;
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ fn parses_explicit_fetch_command_with_compatibility_flags() {
         "4096",
         "--log-level",
         "info",
-        "--log-format",
-        "pretty",
         "--log-filter-scopes",
         "http,event",
         "--user-agent-suffix",
@@ -137,7 +135,6 @@ fn parses_explicit_fetch_command_with_compatibility_flags() {
                 block_private_networks: false,
                 block_cidrs: None,
                 log_level: Some(LogLevel::Info),
-                log_format: Some(LogFormat::Pretty),
                 log_filter_scopes: Some("http,event".to_owned()),
                 user_agent: None,
                 user_agent_suffix: Some("internal-tester".to_owned()),
@@ -1394,6 +1391,7 @@ fn removed_long_form_flags_are_rejected() {
         "--enable-video-fetch",
         "--enable-media-fetch",
         "--enable-text-track-fetch",
+        "--log-format",
     ] {
         let error = Cli::try_parse_from(["moli", "serve", flag]).unwrap_err();
         assert_eq!(error.kind(), clap::error::ErrorKind::UnknownArgument);