diff --git a/rootdir/bin/init.qcom.sh b/rootdir/bin/init.qcom.sh
index e6fc38ab..c4955284 100755
--- a/rootdir/bin/init.qcom.sh
+++ b/rootdir/bin/init.qcom.sh
@@ -449,17 +449,3 @@ if [ ! -f /vendor/firmware_mnt/verinfo/ver_info.txt -o "$prev_version_info" != "
 fi
 chmod g-w /data/vendor/modem_config
 setprop ro.vendor.ril.mbn_copy_completed 1
-
-#check build variant for printk logging
-#current default minimum boot-time-default
-buildvariant=`getprop ro.build.type`
-case "$buildvariant" in
-    "userdebug" | "eng")
-        #set default loglevel to KERN_INFO
-        echo "4 6 1 7" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
-        ;;
-    *)
-        #set default loglevel to KERN_WARNING
-        echo "4 4 1 4" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
-        ;;
-esac