diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/command/health.go b/services/idm/pkg/command/health.go
index 050dd35e2..31d0ab6a4 100644
--- a/services/idm/pkg/command/health.go
+++ b/services/idm/pkg/command/health.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/logging"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func Health(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			resp, err := http.Get(
 				fmt.Sprintf(
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/command/resetpw.go b/services/idm/pkg/command/resetpw.go
index 1f31065cd..b172c403b 100644
--- a/services/idm/pkg/command/resetpw.go
+++ b/services/idm/pkg/command/resetpw.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/logging"
 
 	"github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3"
 	"github.com/libregraph/idm/pkg/ldbbolt"
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ func ResetPassword(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return configlog.ReturnFatal(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(cmd.Context())
 
 			defer cancel()
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/command/server.go b/services/idm/pkg/command/server.go
index a71991563..1d2ddbf09 100644
--- a/services/idm/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/idm/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/server/debug"
 
 	"github.com/go-ldap/ldif"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			ctx := cfg.Context
 
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			gr := runner.NewGroup()
 			{
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/config/config.go b/services/idm/pkg/config/config.go
index 173c6f480..6dd543835 100644
--- a/services/idm/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/idm/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	Service Service `yaml:"-"`
 
-	Log   *Log  `yaml:"log"`
-	Debug Debug `yaml:"debug"`
+	LogLevel string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;IDM_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
+	Debug    Debug  `yaml:"debug"`
 
 	IDM                Settings `yaml:"idm"`
 	CreateDemoUsers    bool     `yaml:"create_demo_users" env:"IDM_CREATE_DEMO_USERS" desc:"Flag to enable or disable the creation of the demo users." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/idm/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 0bf7b8afb..225cd9357 100644
--- a/services/idm/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/idm/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -40,16 +40,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 
 // EnsureDefaults adds default values to the configuration if they are not set yet
 func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
-	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for "envdecode".
-	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
-			Level:  cfg.Commons.Log.Level,
-			Pretty: cfg.Commons.Log.Pretty,
-			Color:  cfg.Commons.Log.Color,
-			File:   cfg.Commons.Log.File,
-		}
-	} else if cfg.Log == nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{}
+	if cfg.LogLevel == "" {
+		cfg.LogLevel = "error"
 	}
 
 	if cfg.AdminUserID == "" && cfg.Commons != nil {
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/config/log.go b/services/idm/pkg/config/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ebcd31aa5..000000000
--- a/services/idm/pkg/config/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Log defines the available log configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;IDM_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty" env:"OC_LOG_PRETTY;IDM_LOG_PRETTY" desc:"Activates pretty log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color" env:"OC_LOG_COLOR;IDM_LOG_COLOR" desc:"Activates colorized log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file" env:"OC_LOG_FILE;IDM_LOG_FILE" desc:"The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-}
diff --git a/services/idm/pkg/logging/logging.go b/services/idm/pkg/logging/logging.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e989ed807..000000000
--- a/services/idm/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package logging
-
-import (
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/idm/pkg/config"
-)
-
-// Configure initializes a service-specific logger instance.
-func Configure(name string, cfg *config.Log) log.Logger {
-	return log.NewLogger(
-		log.Name(name),
-		log.Level(cfg.Level),
-		log.Pretty(cfg.Pretty),
-		log.Color(cfg.Color),
-		log.File(cfg.File),
-	)
-}