diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8543d6be9..9c183e32c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ gem 'puma', '~> 8.0'
 gem 'rack_content_type_default', '~> 1.1'
 gem 'rack-cors'
 gem 'rails', '~> 8.1.3'
-gem 'rails_semantic_logger', '~> 4.20'
 gem 'ruby-progressbar', '~> 1.13', require: false
 gem 'ruby-vips'
 gem 'sentry-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 83595d64a..a88961748 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -403,10 +403,6 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.7.0)
       loofah (~> 2.25)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
-    rails_semantic_logger (4.20.0)
-      rack
-      railties (>= 5.1)
-      semantic_logger (~> 4.16)
     railties (8.1.3)
       actionpack (= 8.1.3)
       activesupport (= 8.1.3)
@@ -517,8 +513,6 @@ GEM
       childprocess (>= 0.5, < 5.0)
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2)
-    semantic_logger (4.18.0)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     sentry-rails (6.6.0)
       railties (>= 5.2.0)
       sentry-ruby (~> 6.6.0)
@@ -624,7 +618,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack_content_type_default (~> 1.1)
   rails (~> 8.1.3)
   rails-erd
-  rails_semantic_logger (~> 4.20)
   rspec
   rspec-rails
   rspec_junit_formatter
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 0475c0df9..53566619a 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -73,8 +73,5 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
 
     config.x.cloudflare_turnstile.secret_key = ENV.fetch('CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY', nil)
     config.x.cloudflare_turnstile.enabled = ENV['CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY'].present?
-
-    config.rails_semantic_logger.format = :json
-    config.semantic_logger.application = 'editor-api'
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index d1e1d4c7a..eddc64960 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -45,13 +45,10 @@
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
   # config.force_ssl = true
 
-  # Log to STDOUT on Heroku in JSON format, where this variable is set automatically.
-  if ENV['RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT'].present?
-    $stdout.sync = true
-    config.rails_semantic_logger.add_file_appender = false
-    config.semantic_logger.add_appender(io: $stdout, formatter: :json)
-    config.semantic_logger.application = "editor-api@#{ENV['HEROKU_SLUG_COMMIT'] || 'unknown'}"
-  end
+  # Log to STDOUT by default
+  config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stdout)
+                                       .tap  { |logger| logger.formatter = Logger::Formatter.new }
+                                       .then { |logger| ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger) }
 
   # Prepend all log lines with the following tags.
   config.log_tags = [:request_id]
diff --git a/config/initializers/flipper.rb b/config/initializers/flipper.rb
index d6ca00c5c..37979057d 100644
--- a/config/initializers/flipper.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/flipper.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   # config.flipper.strict = Rails.env.development? && :warn
 
   ## Show Flipper checks in logs
-  config.flipper.log = false
+  # config.flipper.log = true
 
   ## Reconfigure Flipper to use the Memory adapter and disable Cloud in tests
   # config.flipper.test_help = true